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Show SEVERAL KILLED BY EXPLOSION IN MINE CALL' MET, Mich., Feb. .-Ten thousand thou-sand pounds of dynamite stored underground' under-ground' in a magazine at the eighth level No. 3 shaft of the North Kearsarge branch of the Osceola Consolidated mine exploded yesterday, killing several men, three of whom have been accounted for, und injuring many ethers. The force of the explosion was felt for miles around, and men working in other portions of the mine some miles from the x plosion were knocked down by the explosion. ex-plosion. The cause of the disaster is shrouded in mystery ani may never be discovered, as William Pollltt, Jr.. the man who was in charge of the powder, was probably Mown into thousands of pieces, no trace of him having been found up to this hour. It is I eared that four or five jnen are still ir. th mine. The Osceola Consolidated Consoli-dated Mining company will suffer heavy financial loss. " |