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Show f$E MIXERS DIE. m BUT THIRTY ESCAPE m QC;TROSE. Colo,, Jan. 16. Three yOycrc suffocated by powder smoke Sytro fumes in the Gupnlson tun-jJlay' tun-jJlay' and thirty others barely os-wlth os-wlth their lives. Air currents of jhnel were reversed by tho con-k con-k ja? of heavy blasts, and the smoke .jfeses were blown back upon the uT$."lbeforc they could reach the portal. ajejfl The Dead. USLilTAYNKS. !lKER PATTEN. ftARJIN. men were working two miles .-fRlho river portal and all prepared their holes at the same time, fiw"' "lrrcnt were from north to lAIt'ond the miners retired 200 feet 'Bfroni tho blast when it was fired. artir currents reversed Immediately alfcje three men were overcome before ijjould grope their way to the outer jaA number of those who escaped XJHld to bo in a precarious coudr-VNFhyslcians coudr-VNFhyslcians tried In vain to rcsusoi-Kuynes. rcsusoi-Kuynes. Patten and Martin. J Gunnison tunnel is the govcrn-JjU.i govcrn-JjU.i reclamation project opened last laby President Taft on his western Mil will provide water to irrigate Wh acres of tho Uncoinpnghrc val- nS. |