Show BURIED BY ROCK SLIDE Nine Won Lose Their Lives in Virginia THREE OTHERS FATALLY HURT Disaster Occurs at Railroad Tunnel at Eggleston No Likelihood Their Bodies Can Bs Recovered for Some Time as Rock Will Have to Be Dynamited Roanoke Vn May iKin men were killed and five others injured three of them fatally late yeslercfcy evening by a slide of rock In the east end of tunnel No 2 at Kggleston Springs Giles county oh the Norfolk Western railway Railroad contractors were engaged In doubletracking the two tunnels at the point named and when tho tunneling tunnel-ing force had removed the earth and stono for the railroad tracks at the point where the calamity occurred a huge rfllde of solid stone gave way on the mountain side and came down at an angle of about 15 degrees striking the gang of laborers and crushing out the life of nine men One man was In a niche of the tunnel tun-nel way and escaped with slight injuries in-juries A second man who stood on the outer edge of the slide was only slightly hurt but three others were injured In-jured so badly I that it Is feared that they will die The bodies of the other nine men some of whom are white are still under the slide There is no likelihood that the bodies can be recovered soon as the rock will have to be dynamited and removed re-moved bit by bit It has been impossible thus far to secure the names of the victims They are known only to the contractors who can Judge of the dead only by the missing miss-Ing members of the force One thing that is known Is that It was a mixed gang composed both of white and colored col-ored laborers THREE BODIES RECOVERED A special tonight from Eggleston says six men were killed and three others Injured in the tunnel disaster Three bodies have been recovered und it is believed others will be taken out before morning A wrecking car is at work clearing away the debris The entrance to the tunnel Is now clear and safe and no further trouble is anticipated an-ticipated The killed and Injured arc all colored men The names of the victims vic-tims are still wanting |