Show THE FIKE 11 of r hlf h lf ler bernod E done the enterprise oct sl I 1 shortly after 2 yesterday arday afternoon the air shaft of the belchner mino mine was as I 1 td ID beon on h tile t 6 4 the minors miners working io in efio areli bo be low loir were notified of 0 the fact zid nd ill all panned lately out ot of tile the mine it be I 1 bog found to bo be the shaft nl all connection between it and other pirla part 0 of f tamino th mino yas vaa cut off mod and the firo fire allowed to have its way while engaged gagel eD io in closing tile the 1000 1000 foot level it cavo cave i in a d tad tha a air iii ehilt bhatt which drove the iho blimes through the drift and nil upon and over the tha men work fu br 67 0 oaf them several very severely severr ly kad two or three so BO I 1 a kit it Is they will not re recover bover to the whole of the woodwork wood work or of the shaft will mill be deal destroyed r ay ed tho rho fire fir a was first do discovered isco 7 by ferons cerrona flown down in ia tha he bu but t it BOOD mide itself on the surface in the DF DESSE OF of inky blackn cai att th it roo up r bioni DID the mouth month or ol the tha shift anil and ilc ended to a perpendicular highton bight hight of fou our hundred lott the belcher sent forth Us its a till wil the 1 lie in moment amont the tb first black puff of 0 smoke rule rose above the surface of the aroun 1 tho the ot of the imperial empire crown point yellow jacket and all of tho the other hoiting hoi link ting works and nil mills joined io in mid and the fire bro bells belli in nia hill tegan their clang THE flow flew to their engine houses and hastened battened with their apparatus Jt to otho atho ol of the tha fire their wera io ciol 1 ai 1 howo lowed 1 to turn water waitr into the mouth ortho of tho burning wt shaft as this would hito changed theldra tho draft lt aud and drive n poisonous iso ga gaie es tigh jih ilia lower levels to the lites of 0 the men below but they did tl ex collicot voak on the ruing tile tho surrounding to nt at tempt to describe tho the despair ot of these cople would be futile yc iva ajo idio loaid tj the ol 01 alia tender their joy when old that nil all who hod bad been io in the mines wiro saro upon the face 1 I 1 an the vast of angiolo i lid id rolled steadily upward front ea abo mouth of the shift for or twenty minutes or more and alin i a great crowd was collected collect eJ ea about tho iho spot i 1 i TOESE MU CAME A flach ASH is as of light nio there was a dull report w which bich was VIB hoard board at the distance of a mile and a 2 shoot sheet eliol upward war a to tho the light of or feet instantly Int antly the dark column or f smoke tin ras gone was consumed cona umed in the iho lop leap on bog theet of flamo flame the flu name e then lei acil i L back to the iho bight of about out fifty feet and to this bight haht it continued conina fd to tj dart tor for over ever ao an hour tim great todino 0 fanno act ahot upward witha with a roar that could be heard it ata a distance of a quarter ot of a mile largo large pieces ol of finning iii ining wood shot butac the moah ol of the iho dhatt and ami immense qua quantities Li of lira 1178 chali were darted fifty feet into the tha air wafred fahed away and nd fell fullio in show era on OIL the of 0 buil buildings dinks odilon tU 41 around fot or a great distance whit wind there was 0 aim me from the north and to the he to the ill di distinct 13 t inca of over yards the ground vis via completely covered with coals tho ile belcher lofting lol tioff works being ion in this direction were under I 1 perfect shower of tiling falling ibro find and agrest number ol of men were kept kepi upon tho the note of all the buildings with rich hose and buckets their taking fire T rab hauls hank smith sa peri nten dent odthe of the mino and flock donnolly donnelly loroman 10 roman ustia lly took measures masu to prevent he fire spending iota the mine miao the they y found plenty of t brave moo to 10 go down into auto the lower livoli and tour tear tho the timbers oat of the tha drifts loading leading irom from the abo shafts to tear lear up and carry beck the cir car tracks and to ol 01 close up dritha by in ana or of bool made of timbers dirt and rock after the fire broke out oat in the he air abaft the draft which lia hid d always before boon bona downward into tho the onion changed bad and rushed fiercely up 1 I rd I 1 tho the draft in the main C I 1 at at tho the hoisting before b bad a a been upward was instantly cliant chao god ed slid and in it thora there was now a ward buntion tue buc tion ahn allow oil the men inen working below at the drifts to approach rosell quite near 0 0 the burning f lff etwas it was while engaged in this work of closing drifts that pe se Teral minori miners were fearfully feir lully burned they acio for of a moment at in ia a OF I 1 tho men were at work in a drift connecting with tho air aai shaft at the loj 10 foot and were engaged mi in putting in a bulkhead to prevent the tire to from of on ft alint level when a cave CATO occurred ilithe in the shaft this cave forced back drift and upon and over the men a perfect 01 au thi heat heat and L dame flamo that at the moment was in t the b abt when tho cavo jell isal this daluge clug affire of fire lasted but a moment w loo 0 i was oss all sucked bucked bickl bic konto nto thee the shaft f 1 in 11 0 that moment within 1 t to a reich reach of the were fear bially scorched the men were nalo from their Wais upward aad abd below had on nothing but cottin overalls or these overalls ove rills were too some bome licked off the bodies of the wearers bearers i by I 1 the into ashot hr an in blaut the loll aro the kalles OP OF T tim RETT NL V william UPLA ephim m under gir gro oal und foremen tore ono seriously burned about tho the aspi arms arins and few face john agi ali 94 also alao an underground fornicator burned about the thoa forms rou chest and face aco I 1 james th ls severely vertly Bc burned on the ibe arms arma ace and chest cheet william Willia ui Yo johon litts seriously burned buma f all H over bauce died patrick closkey Clo ekoy seriously ou on the face and aay body charles sweeney noy burned very tery so BO verely ou 00 the lee and bando t I 1 richard pa pollard alard very seriously asly f in n lured he bo joealed a quan tily 0 ot fda eis as imia abiog badly burned arned on bu face chest cheat and fiands frank lea leclire 1 slightly burned bcd Dif flore cor cornellor Corni 21 llor 0 or seriously bur bu ee on chest cheat filce faca lod and arms armar 0 there are coo or two othera others who are slightly scorcher whose names hamod sa t have been unable to obtain attic it il is in thought it t will bo be impossible for two too or three of those worst burned to recover the skin akin pooled from froin the faces and bodies of may at i taso men iota in great shoots they eai suffered the keenist keenest torture ac evory loach and their groans slid and cries forgat war at times boan bearl drs manson bl ionson hill and kirby of gold ivill dij and aua drs webber modean MoU ean 1 conn II and indeed liddi nearly i a alabe I 1 the ph fins ol 01 of this city wern down at the scene ot of tho the disaster so antl men luau whose names dames wo we did not hear had a carrow barrow escape when t the h e fire cre ars ficq broke out they berelli were in t the h e bottom 01 ol the iho klait and wore arcis obliged to P pasa up through the iho flames in order I 1 lo 10 0 get out I 1 I 1 at a late hour last night it was ra ported that george and 1 K dudlee dudley who wore on the regular regu clr shift and aho vho v 0 were down i in leomine when tha fire cr broke out havo have not ance been bea own oon and it is feared that they cy bonvol r X 11 ill ll 0 i fil kaill |