Show CAU CAUSE E OF EXPLOSION WILL PROBABLY NEVER BE EXPLAINED It Is not probable that any investigation tion however howe rigid can ever determine the exact cau cause c of oC the Daly Ye West t die dis aster All that is definitely known is that John Burgle the pow powder er monkey entered the magazine a n few Cew moments before the thc explosion occurred As was sas an In inveterate cigarette ker the theory theor Is a advanced that a a spark from hl his cigarette may have i fired the tha powder I It ft is 15 also alfio possible that he took a alighted alighted n. n lighted candle candle- into the magazine m al although although although al- al though there wa was no necessity for this as it Is provided with electric lights lights' Burgle was blown to atoms b by the force of th the explosion and none of his that can be identified has been found A th theory ory Is s advanced ad that a large if 1 Continued on Page 6 DALY WEST GIVES UP 33 BODIES DEATH LIST 35 Continued from page pace pale 1 portIon cIt the powder burned before beCore the explosion took place as It I In said by experienced miners that had had all nl Inthe in inthe inthe the magazine exploded the destruction would have been much greater than It was There are several veral circumstances which support the theory that only a asmal small smal quantity of ot the powder ponder exploded wh while th the contents of the magazine bur burned t slowly and generated the deadly gas as which permeated all ni of the lower workings even Into the Ontario more than t two o mites miles mies awa away The miners at nt work on the level cl of ot the Dil Daly West West 30 feet teet above the point of the explosion explosion sion Blon dl did not notice a a detonation or a shock that would lead bead led them to believe that the explosion was more than the usually heavy shot shot and on the 1400 HOO- level 20 feet fet below the magazine nothIng nothing nothing noth noth- ing was known of at the accident until the men roan came out to lunch H Had d all al the thc pow powder er In the ma magazine been exploded the flo shock lt in the and 1400 level would have havo been terrific Furthermore If It the powder ha had not burned flow slowly th the gas would have rushed Into the workings g Instead of oC having crept in Imperceptibly and lh with consequent deadliness The seemingly ly mo most mot probable theory the magazine magazine maga maga- is that Burgle had har entered zine zinc and was departing with wih a box of 01 powder for Cor the m roan man n waiting at It the car and he either let the b x fall fail tal or dropped fire Into it It causing th the explosion lon The fhe powder fr In the magazine caught fire fre from this an and burned The fact of ot ral rails ris s being twisted far from the the magazine Is s explained by the the dynamic force along the lines Jnes of least resistance anc through the open wo workings The shaft was not badly wrecked wreck d. d as the main force of the powder r appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap to be exerted northwest t and west vest on the foot 1200 level Here Hero for fora fora a a distance of at thre three quarters of or a mie mile torn along the tunnel fhe hc track was wa up tile the rails rals twisted into all aU kinds oC ol of fantastic shapes ami n large masses mases ol of 01 rock rode were made nade to cafe e. ca and Garvin two of ot the mule drivers who were in the direct line lne of the explosion on were probably killed by the concussion These with wih Burgle BursIc and the carman who was near the magazine are arc probably probably probably ably all aU who were killed b by the force i of ot ably the detonation The he other victims were asphyxiated to tv the It will bring some some consolation I I deceased friends and relatives of ot the to know that death from Inhalation of the deadly gas Is perfectly painless Men fen who have been overcome and re resuscitated resuscitated resuscitated re- re sa say that tl the first feeling Is Isone isone one of extreme weakness In the knees causing Inability to stand followed by drowsiness and indifference to what happens This was noticeable In the case of man many who were re rescued cued yesterday They would make no effort efort to save themselves and some even struggled against the efforts of ot the rescuers to bring them out out M. M M. M 1 fe Began an employed employed em em- played on the foot foot lo-foot level bevel of ot the Ontario On On- tario was found leaning again a rock rock He had written a note to his wife saIng say say- saying Ing that he was all aU right and fought him by main the men who removed force There was no expression of ot terror or pain on the faces of or the dead They Fay lay as quiet quietly and peacefully as If I 13 sleeping after toll toil tol On the tile faces of were smiles as if they man many were I wrapped In II pleasant dreams |