Show ELEVEN DIE IN COLORADO COAL MINE Explosion of Blasting g Powder Powder Powder Pow Pow- der T in CoKedale Mine Near Trinidad TWO TW OF RESCUE PARTY PERISH All ll Foreigners Foreigners' but Two Six M More e Missing Are Believed Dead TRI TRINIDAD IDAD Colo Cole Feb 10 To 10 To the list of nine known dead and six missing in the Coke Cokedale ale mine at the time of the explosion last night this morning were added the tho names of E. E A. A Sutton Button assistant superintendent of cf the mine and Robert and Robert Meek a aF 31 F. F F. F L I. Volunteer rescuer who lost lest their lives while trying try tTy ing lug to reach the missing men Sutton Button overestimated o tho the amount of oxy oxygen en in his helmet and fell feU a victim to the black dam damp p He lIe was Yas dragged to within the air current by rescuers who themselves almost succumbed where his helmet was removed He Ho was alive when hen carried out but hut died when efforts were made to to revive him with a pal pul- motor Meek fell fell unconscious ious after venturing ahead of the the rescuers S and died a few minutes after bein being carried out q More Bo Bodies Lo Located tt i iVe i J ls mo mong ing ing ng and will be brought out soon Bo Bo- fore U the e six RIX missing can ean be bo reached it will win bo be boo necessary ry to put up more brattices brat tices tice es' es and e enlarge lar c. c the th air current A number iber of the rescuers have been overcome overcome over over over- come by the bIa black k damp the after damp but it may be several hours before re all n of the he bodies can cau bo be 0 taken out Dr T. T J. J Forham Fornam of Sopris was seriously injured at tho the mouth of the mine mino early today when he fell off offa a hi high h trestle in the darkness 3 His shoulder was dislocated and it is feared he sustained internal injuries Franklin Guiterman manager and president of the Carbon Coal and Coke company arr arrived ed this mornin morning and has assumed personal char charge e. e Su Superintendent Superintendent Su- Su F. F P P. P Bayles Bales has been in inthe the tho mine almost continually JJ since reaching reaching reach reach- in ing the men soon loon after the explosion last night Coroner in Charge Good order is maintained about the mino mine and in the camp preventing pre the enacted harrowing scenes so frequently about the mines following n a disaster Coroner Lake and a n force of deputies are in char charge e of the bodies bodiE's of the recovered re reo covered victims which have been placed d din in the blacksmith shop Little hope bope is 8 entertained of 1 finding the tho six missing men inca e. It is is believed be be- they were overcome by by gas within a few minutes after the sion slop All the dead and missing are foreigners ners Caused by Blasting Powder Superintendent Sup Bayles this morning stated he be believed the explosion n was as duo due to tho the disch discharge rge of blasting pow pow- dp der The mine is eight miles west of Trin Trin- idad Seventeen men were in the mine at the time of the explosion but two VO escaped from the mine mino two hours after the explosion The Tho force of the explosion which was distinctly felt at Trinidad seems to have been greatest in in the main main slope elope Timbers were blown feet from the mine of the slope siope but the explosion seems to have been attended by byno no serious falls of rock The Tho explosion wrecked the fan fan- house but the tho fan was uninjured and andis andis is still working although the tho theair air was II short circuited by the tho blowing out of ot brattices and doors Considered Model M. M Mine ne Precautions against the accumulation tion of dust were most strictly en enforced enforced forced at Cokedale The mine was furnished with ith water pipes throughout and men were employed constantly Instantly in sprinkling and removing ins dust dost Tho The mine has been operated for four years and the camp was known as the model coal camp of ot America The property is owned by bytho bytho bytho tho American Smelting and Refining company and supplies tho the Guggenheim smelters It is said that more money has been expended in equipping the mine with safety appliances and modera modern mod mod- era ern equipment than at atan an any c coal al mine mino in America |