Show MONTANA MUNTANA GOAL COAL COALMINE MINE IS ABLAZE Several Men M en Imprisoned Below r Air of Rescue Slim Anaconda Mont June tOne iOne of the most s rious accidents in the history of cool coal mining In hi Montana has occurred L Lin In the nines 1 of the Northern Pacific at Rocky Ford near Red Lodge Car Carbon hon bon county Eight men are dead all aIl victims of the fatal white damp toot that fined filled the corridors of the mine after the fire which started Wednesday Their hod bod bodies lee ies have been recovered but the story of the work of rescue parties is a tale of une bravery and heroic self sacrifice ce Of the dead dMd two were members of one of the parties that entered the mine In the effort to roach reach the men known to tobe tobe be there The Dead Terrance Fleming William Bailey Mike Thomas Shelley Skelley Al McFate Matt Roy Carey Joe Bracey Carey and Brecey were of the rescue party part Fire Started Wednesday The fire which caused the trouble started in incline No 6 Wednesday This was believed to be under control I after a long h hard rd fight At this t morning the first rescue arty started No 6 incline proceeding cau cautiously cautiously as it was found thi th there were still traces of the fire When they reached a depth of 1200 feet all were overcome Seven managed to struggle back to whore where they could be reached By this time a a dense volume of smoke burst from No 5 incline and the air in No 6 was so 50 foul that Volunteer rescuers were driven back At 10 another rescue party was formed business arid and townspeople vol volunteered when the FInnish miners held back terrified A special to the Standard from Red Lodge says the scone scene about the mines beggared description Frantic women and crazed men ran about hampering the work of rescue The second volunteer volun volunteer teer party was successful The fans were reversed and the smoke forced back out of No 6 incline In the slopes brattices were made of canvas and wa water water ter was let in from vein The rca cuers were let down slowly in cars They first found the unconscious forms of sL six of the first rescue party which were hurried to the surface All were revived but Carey and amI Bracey Injured Will Recover It is believed that thaL the injured d will entirely recover Farther doWn the incline six other bodies were found all beyond hope of restoration to life Sev Several eral of the second rescue party among them Pitt Boss HAggerty were over overcome overcome come during the day but were restored and Haggerty returned to the work of rescue It Is believed that all bodies have been removed from the mine The work of fighting the tIre is now being boing pushed The state coal COf mine Inspector and lo Ia local cal officers or of the company are on the ground and characterize the work of the rescuers as brave to the pOint of foolhardiness The outbreak of the lire jire No NoG G 6 Is 15 InexplIcable as it wa the flames had been completely extin during the night |