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Show TELEGRAPHIC Tcrriblo Kxplosiou in u C'oul Mine. 8l. Clair, P.i , 0. A tcrrililc explosion ex-plosion of ga occurred a tho WhJub-viilt! WhJub-viilt! mines, near St. Clair, thi mom ing, killing nine men and imprisoning imprison-ing five oLhenj. The first warning of the aoridvnt wns a auddon alarm stiit up to the boss lor aid. Descending immedifttoly, Ihfy recovered the bodies of John Durkin and Wm. Jlirt, killed outright. boven men more wer reached, all being seriously burned, and it is thought three cannot can-not recover. Tho five men imprisoned impris-oned are behind 200 tona of coal, displaced dis-placed by the explosion. A large lorce of miners ore removing thia maea of coal. Some think the imprisoned im-prisoned men can be readied by 1 night, while others think it will be impossible (o liberate them before morning, as the gangway in which they are confined rune undur the sur-fuce sur-fuce for over a mile, and getting at them is a slow and laborious tauk. The scene at the mouth of. the Bhaft is heartrending. A large number of men, women and children are gathered gath-ered there, anxiously awaiting the rescue of their friends jnd relatives. Th names of lour of the five men impriooned are BeDjamin Moiely, Herbert Moore, Thomas Conners and Joseph Milwood. Before the men can be rescued it ie feared it will bt too lat to save their lives. They bar been in since 10 o'clock. |