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Show SHIFT BOSS KILLED ! IN MINE EXPLOSION LAPAYKTTIi. Colo., Nov. 9. By a gas oxplosion in tho Simpson-Brooks coal mine here last night. John V. Higgiiis, 45. a shift boss, was killed, while superintending a. fight against a fire that had starred in an entry lato in the afternoon. Pivc others wore seriously burned, but will recover, it was said early this morning. Hijrgins and his men lmd the fire practically under control, and as they started into another entry,, TTiggins in the lead, tho explosion occurred. |