Show I i I I I I j i i I j I I I j I I j I I I i I 1 J COLORADO MINE BLAST KILLS 18 Men len Buried Under Debris Mile l and Half From Mouth l of Shaft n. hr ll J rPM Trinidad Colo Cob Aug Au IS Eighteen men are arc b believed Uc ed dead bur burled buried burled led under debris from the at 11 o'clock this morning in the Oak Oak- v mine of the coal oal company com corn pan pany ny I near near LaVeta L. Colo Cob I Fumes from Crom tho time gas bas explosion to tonight to night nis-hl filled tho the mine and several se rescuers res re- rr- rr overcome O and were I rulers cuers were I cd l with Ith difficulty i j Owing to the wrecked condition of oC Ithe Ithe the mine and bo gas fumes Cumes It was con con- doubtful whether tho the lull full ideath death list could be learned tonight jIS IS Accounted For lor Approximately forty men men were inthe In Ithe the mine when tho the explosion occurred including Tiro Piro Boss William m Christo Christo- pher Ten men menu escaped sc ped from the mine mane through h the tho main slope after the tho ex- ex j cx-j und and ten others made their way to the tho surface through an adjoining i mine William Illiam Davis na a n miner ono one of or those o I j overcome o by the explosion ref recovered j I sufficiently to make mako his ui wa way to tho time I surface Four bodies were wart recovered red at i O tonight I The ho explosion occurred about a n mile the of or th the and nd a halt half In t mine Tearful Throngs Ar Tonight tearful throngs throngs' of ot women omen I and children relatives re of tho the ml missing I Imen men eagerly eager awaited at the maine for COl word from the thc rescue re crews VolUnteer Volunteer Volun VolUn- teer rescue crews came from the tho Wal- Wal and Trinidad districts and mine officials said th the rescue attempts attempt would f bo ho continued all nl night ht l list listI Mine officials arc are checking a of nt thc their In an effort eort to learn I in tho the Just how many men there thero are arc mine Officials say say there thero Is slight chance that nn any of or the thc men still are aro alive AU |