Show MEET DEATH TWELVE KILLED AS RESULT OF TWO explosions IN washington COLLIERY natural gas combustion assigned as the cause the force of explosion being terrific all of the men killed were foreigners seattle wash two explosions ons oc arring within a few minutes oi of each ether ather shortly before 7 sunday morning resulted in the death of twelve men in tho the labb lawson on mine at black diamond thirty mil miles s southeast of seattle seven men gong going I 1 down on shift hift and five men coming up were caught between the first and sixth levels and it la is almost certain that all perished natural gas combustion Is III assigned as the cause all the men were foreigners the force of the explosions was ter rifle ride showers of earth timbers and bits or 0 clothing believed to be that ot of the miners being blown biown front from the slope of 0 the mine timbers measuring sixteen inches thick and eight feet long were blown half a mile A big section of was blown a similar distance and sank fifteen feet in the ground the of the explosion which was felt fell for miles around was so grea great t that many thought there had been an earthquake soon after the explosion the raine mine began to cave in indicating that all the supports had been blown out and the tunnels wrecked it Is doubtful it 11 the mine will vill be reopened the dam ige is estimated at |