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Show TERRIBLE MINE EXPLOSION. The following telegram came over the wire just evening from Cheyenne: "An explosion occurred last night in a coal [unreadable word] on the line of the Union Pacific road, while the night shift was at work. Fifty Chinamen and five whites were at work. Two whites were brought out crippled, and 15 Chinamen, through the ventilating shaft, all more or less injured. It is believed that 35 chinamen and two whites in the mine are all dead, as the mine is on [unreadable word]. The mine is owned by the Central Pacific road, and is worked to its full capacity. The accident will cause suspension of work for a year." About 1 o'clock this morning the following additional dispatch was received. "Owing to the excitement at Altny it is impossible to obtain full particulars of the disaster. It is now thought there are more men in the [unreadable word] than at first reported. A faint hope is held out that most of the men in the mine have fled to a portion not on fire. The flames intervening prevented rescuers from reaching them. The scene at the mouth of the shaft, tonight, is described as pitiful. The two families of white men who are still in the mine, [unreadable word] frontle, while Chinamen throng about weeping piteously for their lost friends and relatives. Most of the populations of Evanston is on the ground, Camp fires are scattered about to give light to the workers, which lend a weird effect to the scene. The miners from surrounding pits are working hard. Business in the community for 20 miles around is entirely suspended." Further details state that the accident occurred at Mine No.2, and that three white men, Josiah Crosine, John Barton and Robert Gillesple, were killed outright, and another named Charles Beverage, badly wounded Besides, 24 Chinamen were killed and 27 wounded, several of the latter, it is thought mortally. Gas in some of the abandoned chambers igniting, caused the explosion. The mine is not damaged and can be worked as soon as the building and machinery are placed. - News Mar. 5th. |