| Show TO DAYS TELEGRAMS 1 IT missouri forty DEAD BODIES TAKEN FROM THE european floods render peo pie homeless KANSAS CITY march 29 the following dispatch has just been received from about 4 this afternoon there was a rumbling sound in mine no 6 at this place and a moment later a terrible explosion occurred that entirely wrecked the mine and buried in the debris over one hundred miners who were cut off from all escape forty bodie have already been taken out the superintendent of the mine was taken out badly injured but will survive in the terrible excitement and confusion that followed it is impossible to give the list of mimes or even an estimate as to the full extent of the disaster but it is now thought that aver fifty men were killed the mine is situated six milea distant from the town there were two explosions and it is said that the total loss of life will reach sixty men rich hill is located in bates county sixty five miles south of kansas city the journals special from eich hill says the most horrible disaster that has ever happened in the west occurred at noon today to day in keith and parrys so 6 mine and as a result a large number of men are entombed and thousands of dollars worth of property destroyed just at the dinner hour when the men were ascending eights at a time on tho cage a terrible gas explosion occurred filling every entry a flame of fire which shot out of the shaft it cannat be i ascertained tonight to night just how man men are yet in the mine but at 11 but one man had been taken out not dedd the work of removing the debris and clearing the shaft has been going on all the afternoon but it will be several hours before much can be done toward entering the mine proper the journal reporter caned at the residence of the superintendent at 11 and found him propped up in a chair with his face and hands bandaged and scarcely able to talk but he made the following statement at just ten minutes after noon I 1 was telephoned that an explosion had occurred at no C I 1 went out as soon as possible and found the south cagnon which the men always ascend stuck in the shaft I 1 went down on a tub lowered with ropes and found all badly burned and in a frenzy in fact they were crazy I 1 some shouting and others singing we finally managed to bo hoisted by means of ropes and pulley sin a fainting condition and it wa waa a then ascertained that the north cage could bo worked I 1 then called for volunteers to go down with me to see it any poor fellows at the bottom be pot up aobert brick george henry charles smallwood and matt Dule hand responded when we reached the bottom I 1 looked through into the entry and saw a I asked who was therea voice responded gray and I 1 told him to put out his light ithen I then asked him to crawl to me but he was BO exhausted lie cluid not do BO and I 1 reached through a small aperture and dragged him on to the cage jost as this was done alie win d rushed with the velocity of a cyclone up the entry putting out all our lights but one this was followed by two loud reports and a seething flame of fire which came with a deafening roar completely involving us and shooting out of the mouth of the shaft fet above our heads we were all horribly burned and thought our time had come the flames ceased as suddenly as they had come and we had to abandon tho at temp tto save taft others I 1 yelled to the men on top to hoist away and after what seemed hours we were started up and taken out in safety though badly burned and greatly exhausted it is probable that all who were in alie mine at tho time of the are dead about eighty five miners are employed in this mine they are boatly negroes who came from springfield when the mine was opened less than a year ago KICK HILL march 30 no further particulars are obtainable tonight to night but it is claimed now that there are not more than thirty in the mine hn th iio odie march 29 chase cross president and samuel C white cashier of the national bank of caleigh Ea leigh N C were arrested tonight to night on information charging them with forgery inside of alie lining of croiss overcoat was found and in whites killed iti wile te CHICAGO march 29 august krakow shot and killed his wife this afternoon and then the couple had net been living together for gomo time and it is said krakow charged hia wife with baring poisoned several of their children and attempted to kill him floods birmingham BIB MINGHAM ala march 29 the great rain storm continues the country is flooded and all the water courses are swollen many bridges have been swept away and waa houts are reported on all the railways leading into the city trains that came la yesterday afternoon are held and none departed south east or west last night dispatches from all parts of the state tell of tremendous floods and great damage TIFFIN ohio march 29 continuous rains for forty eight hours have caused the sandusky river to overflow its banks causing great damage to thousands of acres of wheat and flooding a portion of the city located on the flat march 29 A fierce storm with high tides and tidal waves has caused great damage in the north and south islands of new zealand telegraph wires are down and railroad has been abandoned on account 0 the destruction of roads 29 it is estimated persons have been rendered homeless by the floods the damage to property is now estimated at marks the suffering in the flooded districts is indescribable trouble Scrib march 29 the first serious trouble bince the inauguration of the burlington switch mens strike occurred this afternoon about 5 0 clock at kinzie street and western avenue A burlington engine and crew attempted to transfer bome height cars to the northwestern track A craved of switchmen of other roads together with a miscellaneous cel laneous mob of boughs roughs were aboud and jeering the new men when the train reached western avenue the switch was thrown a number of cars were ditched the mob then drove the freight engineer and the new switchmen away using them roughly six or eight pinkerton men were on the train and attempted to repel the attack but were quickly disarmed and took to their heels to escape the mob general superintendent bossier of the burlington road who was on the train was soon recognized by the mob and set upon ha was badly ased up having both ayea blackened and being badly ant finally he made hia escape into the linemen were then brought to the oo 00 scene ham and the mob quickly dib pere ed ajl quirk a milwaukee sc st paul BW tc hman the crowd I 1 T t j si r J V FT v effi followed binm to the west madison station and offered any amount of bail for his release the police refused however and locked him up the kee st paul switchmen then in rae decided to quit work and immediately deserted their trains the whole yard foice of switchmen engineers and firemen in nil stopped leaving awen ty eight engines standing on the tracer it is supposed that the brakemen bra lemen of the same road will po out tonight to night |
