| Show WHAT CAUSED AWFUL EXPLOSION Consensus of Opinion Among the Scofield Quan Quantities V of Dust Lifted Into the Air by a Disturbance and V Ignited by a Blast or Defective Shot SPECiAL TO THI TH May Mar Ui lb recent ter calamity at recedes recede into past palt more and more interest ecu ten around the U 11 Important question QUOD IU as to what hat caused the Tile The survivor who are aN familiar wIt with very condition In Ut the mine have ban at al mOlt finished their heroic task tuk of 0 nr n th the bodies and an hat hAd tit to tr and ad their are focused to one OM Th views ml of one man DaD by bythe the New staff corN t sets It out lit he le 1 of of otro ho bo bV len hlIn Interrogated ON A BIO T Thee e mine mIll NOI No I And f 4 said M h have been worked en l g e to fO many year with Ut Ib neat that during iii aU that Ime the dust hat has hata a Mn Men and Ind animal have walked through It until nUl It 1 bait been ur or a portion of to a pow powder er and aad has baa been n worn and aad an and worn untO It II I grey Iy Coil COI miner will understand what that mean There was lilt su if f this tile the mine that any considerable t rapid ot of a car J r would make the air db 11 draM TIlE TItE NA NAVY CO aCT Not Ion long ago alo the Ibl company made MeI a aon contract on traIl to lu supply ply the Southern with tOO ions tou ot of coal eoal a day for use or if the Ihl navy I 1 understand thle was MU In to the ordInary output of the tha mine and the force was wa lar In shortly before the 1 to oc the be big luk These extra eura I added new dust duat to tb the ohl 1 and there are piece In the mine wb where u man will 11 walk In dust up qI to his bit r 0 Ii tel i iON ON DAY DAT OP OJ TIlE TU The shipments on the uw flew cont contI I were rt to 0 commenced nil net la May 1 tb the lay of Ih the explosion and aneS th the dust dut wu was everywhere Heavy work ork was AI beIng dune In varIous arlou parts of the mine and blasting was waa In fur pro progress at the he part pan known as al Pikes Peak An Ab unusually heavy blast blut lifted the dust dUlt Into th tha air 10 such ucb an extent that the electric scorned dim and faint lq Wb moat meat likely there was wa a ab b which hleb the Ibe dust duat I is the air and a 0 of flame swept pt through he mine until sin air In which there thare Will was little duct duat wu was reached A SIMPLE ILLUSTRATION Ifan one wishes to thIs 5 let him tAe a R Hit He wm see lee this duSt dutt burst bum in III ue the air like Uke pOwder That wu was this on a minute scale The ef tact of the tb explosion wee to burn up every bit ot of oxygen In tha lb alt air leaving poison for tor th the men to breathe That Tbt 18 10 the One good whitt ot of U It will stagger the man mall and nd a adeep deep breath or of It will render him tin In conscious follows unless the unfortunate Nt I instantly taken Into pure pureair pureair air TIlE THE When the explosion occurred and f whole area of the hi it along the O Othe the mine tutu the nm Thai its the that lifted the dust Into t I shot that Ignited it i IW OA liter is pret fl gas itt lbS Wint and they are fri t This securIty rum ion had the the of being the safest In th tI 7 their fancied 1 it was for until the were t Men iett sIne In to work at WHite q because they fell Mb gErI One to Abe mine had bees Pr D eve v a ano no e lifted the dust Into could nt have been an i TR BP Where doll jt lie Well the te same ity that the free Prom gas sad the fine of many year I It the mine free front mine accidents to under underground ground work A SOK Tha a but the isI as ten ter terrible There must be of soil miner be a inspection of the miner We the ability of Comet I the inspector but Sib are paid a plIM e con contend tend that be to thu oe s tent tn a cues N a ery mo moment ment of his dulls which should be rigidly cd tf be should ha |
