Show S 0 I 1 of MINE olaf GAS EXPLOSION FOLLOWED BY BOTH BLACK AND WHITE IS CLAIMED CAUSE known deith death toll reaches ninety five rescuers penetrating wall of debris thrown down by of heavy explosion hem bemmerer iyo fighting their ay way through the partially lart lally dismantled portion portions ot of gruntler ler mine 0 no o I 1 of the hern kemmerer coal company one mile from here scene of an explosion shortly after 8 0 clock tues lay mom morn ink ing rescue workers had brought out alive thirty seen seven of the miners entombed I 1 y the blast it Is feared that men still unaccounted for hae bae perished it Is the c ci of kopini opinion on among amon the workers at the mine that the tragedy was the result of a gas explosion followed by both white and black damp some of the rescued miners claim to haie have seen a tongue of flame shoot from the extreme low levels when hen the blast occurred while others were viere vt vf contrary opinion there was no clil announce ment made to the cause of the dasas ter the down don dmn undertaking es and the 1 I 0 0 1 hall to which the tile bodies of the dead min era ers nere brought from the scene of the disaster were crowded II 11 wednesday ednes day with relatives lathes re and friends seeking to establish the identity of their loved ones As yet there Is no authentic list ot of either dead missing InIs sinz or rescued due to the great confusion which pre aued ailed since the explosion author ku ties suld said they had not leen teen able to make a completely accurate check on it the employees who ho were working in the mine when the blast came I 1 A first aid station was established at the mouth of the mine and as the survivors came out they were given ghen emergency treatment A corps of six doctors twelve nurses and red cross workers remained at the portal throughout the day in the mine the crew cren of car no 2 of the L ted states bureau of mines assisted res cuers auers and directed in first aid to the victims who had been overcome by gaa gas find and smoke the rescuer rescuers passed through the workings as hurriedly as possible searching only tor for the hi living ing the dead ere found scattered throughout shout the main elope slope but their bodies were not touched until 9 clock liedke day night ft hen illen the task of bringing them to the surface began after hopes were abandoned of finding a any more men afire indications were that those who wh had survived bad taken shelter in rooms off oft the passageways h which the smoke and gas from the explosion I 1 wept swept and either had lain on all the floor or bratU eed oft off areas which were kept free from gas scores apparently had thrown down their tools and rushed from the room roams only to be net met by almost in stant death es to the wave of gas en ell them the th bodice of nearly ill all the vic if time were blackened athe moke smoke as if it by Y dense As rapidly ai as they th ey were brought to the surface they were tak en to the morgue where identified they were and burial preparations made for |