Show FIRE BURNS FOR YEARS AND MAY r CLOSE RICH MINE By Associated SPRINGFIELD ill m. May 25 Fire Fit which continued toda today In tho the Peabody mine minet at t Nokomis NokomI one 0 of th the largest larest coal mines in this section section sec See tion of oC tho country may necessitate tate the scaling sealing of the shaft within with with- in the next forty eight hours un unless unless tin un- less some means Is devised to stop the blaze Water which is being poured into Inlo the mine thus far tar seems to have little effect That the fire tire has t een en burning slowly in the mine for tor the last seven Ie years was disclosed toda today Behind heavy walls wails of oC concrete erected with the Idea of oC confining the tho blaze arid and smothering it It the thel fire has bus been eri n un until t il ilI l I last t week when the tue bur hUd i through The Iho output of or tho has has 2000 tons |