Show ACCIDENT IN UNITED VERDE Five Men Instantly Killed in Senator Clarks s Mine FIVE SERIOUSLY INJURED EXPLOSION CAUSE OF THE TER TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE DISASTER HESCOTT Aria Arix April 2 A the thep p P result of au an explosion in the Ute United Verde mine amine at Jerome owned by Senator Clark five J ve men nten are ue dead and five fie others if not hot n t fatally injured The Dead T c w Crofut E B J R Ruffle RutHn Pete ete Seder SederA A J J M Roe Rae The Injured I N X B Fl Garcia J J Ko cio J J 1 P Roe Hoe B arota T J M fl Sullivan Others Were All Out The accident ut happened jat as the tite shifts were being changed chan cd find and all aU the themen themen men except twelve had ha been raised to the time surface They were ere waiting at the station st of the Uw level leel to be hoist hoisted hoisted ed 01 front from the time mine maine when a n terrific ex ox explosion explosion occurred killing five instantly and injuring seven v n others On account of the recent heavy rains rain surface water vater found round its it way to that porton portion of the mine where fire lire has been several yeans yeats yea and an steam stearn titus thus generated g caused aused th tito explosion blowing out the time bulkheads erected to keep the fire from spreading The men were wen suffocated ted by smoke and an heated team steam Had the accident nt happened fifteen fifteen fifteen teen minutes sooner men would have been caught Great Damage Done Fifteen minutes later 18 tel the new shift would have ha e hern b at a t work The Thc explosion sion siou the tite th mine to t cave tue front from the surface and the railroad which crossed the Uw property turned turn d over 01 and nd rails runs were twisted twi hi n every conceivable The mine company compan has had trouble with fire for years ears and had construct ed 01 a content cement bulkhead which it was thought would keep keel it under control for years YEa This Thi has been destroyed |