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Show TEimiBLE EXI'LOHIOX. TwrlTC JIra Killed ! Thre. Inlnllr Uaunilrd. y.Miur. Pass, Tex., Jan 2. Word is just rect i ved here of an accident at Socobo mine, the proirrty of the I'luolcs Mining Coraiiany, seven mile from Durango, Mexico, last Monday. Fifteen men entered the ponder hotieeto secure a mpply of giant powder. Kach man had received re-ceived his allowance, when oi.e of them who had been preparing a stick for a cartridge attempted tn secure the cap of n defective fut e by the use ot his t-clh. The cap exploded, ex-ploded, when the detonation let on" the entire explosive contents of the Iiowdcr houe. Twelve of the men were killed outright, and the remaining re-maining three cannot possibly sur-vle. |