| Show in a alne ala feb 24 A fire occurred in rock beope ot the tenn basee coal iron railroad company mines at pratt city this morning in the death of john patton and leoia stevena two miners and more or leas serious injury 0 o eighteen cillers twenty all convicts in the stop near the air abaft at 2 30 this mornier when they detected alio amell of shortly afterwards an tokumo oi it came towards them from the engine room which was between the air shaft and the cage leading antof the mine the engine usually con no fire but is used to air into the mines hence the orien of tha fire which started in the engine room is a mystery dairen by the emako the twenty men harried to the air shaft and there huddled together to keep from meanwhile the smoke became thicker aad the fira leouing from the engine room seized coven tramps and a lot of waste and barned furiously breathing became extremely difficult twenty three malea in the stable in the mines alao felt the amole and tried to escape and tore about kicking one another to deth and making the night with their cried john patton and louis sostena finally left the crowd at te fair shaft and tried to get to the cage shaft they neter reached it but were afterwards found dead near the engine room one of the men had hie head beaten almost to a indicating he bad tried to kill himself rather than Buff cato to death smoke acen ia baine from the ehalt brought help via iho cage and in three hours the fire was oat and the eighteen miners at the fair shaft were brought op in a more or less condition from suffocation ane enlea were suffocated or killed by one an others kicha the rescued con acta will recover |
