Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-03 | Page 3 | 106 Miners Are Killed in Mexico

MINERS ARE KILLED KLE IN MEXICO SAN ANTONIO Tex ex Feb 3 In In- In from the Hondo Rondo Mexico mine explosion shows it i to be fully as serious as at first reported There was wa a total of lO miners at work in the mine when the explosion occurred and all al of them theta are dead The majority of the victims are Mexicans Mexicans exi- exi cans and very few AmerIcans Americans Ameri Amen cans having been at work in the mine Every mule in the mine was was- wa killed kie three dead ones being taken from the debris debrs today tod The work of clearing away the wreck in order to get to the th bodies boie is being bein rushed as rapidly as possible but there is no n hope that any of the men will wi be rescued alive alve The explosion occurred in mine No 6 and was occasioned occasioned oca- oca occa occa- sione by striking a gas pock pocket t. t The Th mine is the property of the Coahuila Coahuila Coa- Coa Ca- Ca huila huia Cool Coal Coa company R. R R M. M McKenny being superintendent The names of none of the victims have been learned learne here The loss to the te owners of the mine Is i very heavy