Show EXPLOSION II IN SIT SALT r MINE INE Fifty Men Burned Victims Corning Coming Up Shaft When Accident Occurred Genesee N Y Feb 3 men were burned many mony m y of ot them seriously In a fire at the Sterling Salt com corn mine near Cuyler The explosion explosIon explosion sion was caused by an accumulation of gas ga In the san sano P house near the sur surface surface surface face The men were coming up th tru shaft at the close of the days work when the gas was ignited by one of their lamps A blinding explosion fol followed lowed The men were all brought to the surface by rescue parties The most seriously injured are Manager John B Knox Jr Patrick Carey William Oakley and Charles Williams Gas has been struck many times In sinking the shaft and several minor explosions had occurred within the past month It was first feared after the explosion explosIon sion slon tonight that the men had h d been entombed but rescue parties which were were Immediately organized found the damage to the zrIno had not been great and they t ey had no difficulty in getting the carpenters and miners mn rs to the surface lIvery Every man man about fifty in all was burned many seriously sedo sly and some perhaps fatally fatall |