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Show GAS EXPLOSION I 111 MINE FUTWl TO FQORSCDRP Gas Ignites in Workings J en the Jed Company Near t t Welch, in West $ Virginia. E, RESCUE PARTIES f! WORK DESPERATED f Eleven Men Reach Surfal . but One Dies; Grief! e stricken Families Re- I j1 main at Home. V WHEELING. W. Va.. March 251 g? v Eighty-two men met death tod! :lod' in a gas explosion In the ml ,pa of the Jed Cowl company, ni ? 0( "Welch. There were ninety-tin . . men in the mine when lh' gsis ignlt f but eleven succeeded in getting out, 0 t'. v.er' of these was so badly burned, howo 5iat that he died an hour after he was taM out- f nicte Thirty-five bodies have been locaf ,'ja by searching parties and will prohat ggeni be brought to tho surface before da ' -light. Exploring parties are at wpyrC trying to find the remainder of the liodli f. It 1b not hoped to rescue any of t -minors alive. S The eleven men who readied the suT"j face made their way up to tlie cagra 3 which were not damaged by the cxplij' slon. Though some of the fans wie3-damaged wie3-damaged they were not rendered entli f31' ly unworkable and they continued wor lng enough air underground to pern the searching parties to got to work la Spen mediately after the accident. jg Recently Inspected. a The mine was Inspected only last Fridi 4S.'' and pronounced safe. Preliminary Inv tlgatlons thus far have failed to reva jt fj tho real cause of the explosion. Son of the local mine men are inclined ' think the explosion Is the result of? V, physical phenomenon. t hjJ Tho families of the dead miners ai 'o: in sore straits. Work at the Jed mini 1W has been very slack and the miners ha? jjlj made barely onough to furnish the nece jjaro slties of life. .5f w r Oxygen helmets and other appliancV of- rescue work were rushed from wlSps and other places in a short time and tl'-jj exports wero ready to enter the miQM late this afternoon. State mine Inspects, ors quickly organized rescue parties arft began tlie exploration of the levels. Sfek Work of Rescue. jpat As fast as the gases were blown otico the searchers wont to the lower leyeI a and soon began to come upon tho bodln of the miners that had been killed "Jjjtaiy stantly- All the mines In the vlclnjji qu! sent experienced men to aid in the searfliU i . f Si The scene around tbe mine shaft 'Uttttr night is one of absolute quiet. The grlSpfecte stricken families, knowing a few minutC;.e after the accident that tho bread -winnefcjj g, had been instantly killed, remained IjStij doors and arc keeping their grief lo theijfcjUct selves. It is hoped to have all bodit brought to the .surface by noon tomof row. ffijf |