Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1907-04-05 | Page 5 | Explosion in Coal Mine

EXPLOSION IN COAL MINE Three Men Killed and aud Eight Light Others Taken Out Unconscious at Prank Frank Alberta Vancouver B n C April 4 fA A special from Frank Alberta says An explosion of gas occurred in No 4 colliery of the International Coal and Coke company at Coleman yesterday morning causing the death of ot three melt mesi Eight other miners were wore taken out un unconscious unconscious conscious but bu all will survive sury e The dead drad are Charles Hutton fire boss Henry Henry Grew cult jr The Thc men were not killed by b the explosion explosion sion aba but succumbed to the afterdamp Hutton was not in the mine at the time of the explosion but rushed In when re roe reheard e heard of it ft and was overcome Grew Grev cutt cult sr escaped but bitt hu went back for his hisson hisS hi hison son S and was suffocated Jr was found in a chute hutE chuteK where K here he had fallen while trying to escape Of the eight others affected only two were burned by gas the remainder being overcome by b afterdamp while escaping escaping ing or assisting a in the work of rescue It Itis Itis Itis is impossible yet et to ascertain the cause of the explosion but it Is determined that the mine Is 18 not damaged to any great extent