Show MINERS MEET DEATH TWELVE KILLED AS RESULT OF TWO EXPLOSIONS IN WASHINGTON WASH-INGTON COLLIERY Natural Gas Combustion Assigned as the Cause the Force of Explosion Being TerrificAil of the Men Killed Were Foreigners Seattle Wash Two explosions oc ciirring within a few minutes of each other shortly before 7 oclock Sunday morning resulted In tho death of twelve men In the Lawson mine at Black Diamond thirty miles southeast of Seattle Seven men going down on shift and flvo men coming up were caught between the first and sixth lev els and l It is almost certain that all perished Natural gas combustion Is assigned as the cause All tho men were foreigners The force of the explosions was ter rifle showers of earth timbers and bits of clothing believed to bo that of tho miners being blown from the slope of the mine Timbers measuring sixteen Inches thick and eight feet long were blown half a mile A big section of steamplpe wits blown a simIlar sim-Ilar distance and sank fifteen feet In tho ground Tho shock of the explosion explo-sion which was felt for miles around was so great that many thought there had been an earthquake Soon niter the explosion tho mine began to cave In indicating that all the supports had been blown out and ho tunnels wrecked It Is doubtful If the mine will be reopened Tho dam 1ge is estimated at 250000 r |