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Show fl MINERS DEAD AID SCOBE INJURED Terrible Explosion Caused by Windy Shot in Workings at Evansvillo, Ind. EVANSVLLLE, Ind., March 20. Fivo pooplo wero killod, a scoro more wero injured and mauy woro overcome by gas in an explosion in tho Sunnysidc mines here this afternoon. Tho Dead. WILLIAM SCHNUTT. SAMUEL COOMER. NELSON WILING HAM, SR., colored. JOSEPH SC1INECK. NELSON WILTNG1IAM, JR., colored. Tho explosion was caused by a windy shot due to an ovcrchargo of powder. Tho dead woro all killed by sulphuric fumes which followed tho shot. Tho mino was swopt as if by a whirlwind. Twonty-nino men wero in tho mino at tho time. Tho first .roscucrs wcro almost suffocated. |