| Show TWELVE VE KilLED I IN TWO EXPLOSIONS I Foreigners Die in Shaft of Mine Shock Felt for P Miles liles Around Seattle Si attle Wash Nov No 6 Two ions occurring within a few minutes of ot each other shortly before 7 elock this morning resulted in the death of twelve elve men in the Lawson mine at Black Diamond thirty miles mile southeast of Seattle Sever Seven en men going down on and aDd five men coming up were caught Ug between the first fim and sixth lev I i i i i I i I i i i i I I I IB 1 ana ann u it J is almost certain that all allI perished Natural gas gaa combustion is III ao as the cause Al A Ale the men e were ware foreigners The force of ot the explosions was wall ter terrific terrific rifle showers of earth timbers tha en and alad bits bus of ot cloth clothing Inc believed to be that of o the Hie Ih miners miner being blown from the slope of ot the th mine Timbers measuring dx lx teen n inches thick and eight feet teet long blown blo o half halt a mile mil A big section of ot was blown bloo a similar dis dl tan f and aBd sank fifteen feet i in the ground The shock of the explosion which was wa felt for miles around was wall wasso wasso so great grat that many mao thought there had hadan bOn an earthquake earthquakes I AS s soon as u the extent of ot the disaster was as known volunteers were assembled and rescue rElIcue parties partle were sent in on the to attempt the tile rescue of ot many miners who might intent be alive It is ta not believed that any of ot the men in the slope escaped e Instant death As A I tar far as a known the sixteen men in the tram cars ears were wert the iho only enly en ones in tie tf Pie mine at the time of o the explosions The coal mines mine at Black Diamond are owned by the Pacific Coast Cout company Soon after the the mine began to cave in indicating that till 11 ll the supports had bad been een blown out and the tunnels wrecked It Is 15 doubtful It If the mine will ill be reopened The damage is la estimated d at The on only 1 cause mine minI officials are able to assign for the explosion is III that thata a fissure of gas may have opened and the gas ignited from a match struck truck by a workman in the cage ascending to the surface |
