Show TWO HUNDRED MEN TRAPPED IN MINES BLAZE IN BUTTE PRO PROPERTY ERTY CAUSES GREATEST DISASTER IN HISTORY OF CAMP Fire Started in foot 2400 Level and Shaft was Soon a Roaring Chimney Chim Chim- ney Men Having No Chance of Escape from Flames Butte Mont At 1 At least m met t death in the Speculator and ami Gr n- n ite Hc Mountain 1 mines of the tile North Butte Mining company on June 0 9 as he result of a u tire fire in the Ule mines the W When en the fire firc was discovered men were vere In the mines Of or this n nimber nim- nim mbel m- m ber bel were rescued d from one p property prop property prop prop- Ope erty and 60 CO from the other Hope Hop of finding findIng- an any of the missing men inca a alive ve has been abandoned The fire started on the thc 2400 le le el leel el w when en a carbide lamp came caine In Iii cant contact ct with insulation on an nn e electric c cal Ie The Granite Mountain I shaft cave In for a considerable distance f Twenty seven seven men rescued a live from the r 2400 foot 2400 ot level of the Spec Spec- la lator tor mine owe their lives to the heroism and resourcefulness of M MiAnus t nus Duggan a n year old nipper or Mool ool Ol boy Young Duggan displaying dare I presence of mind showed his 01 er fellow workers how to bullch bulkhead ad tIl the I n- n selves s from the thc dangerous gas f raid nd preserve their lives until 1 their res ue The Granite Mountain shaft feet deep wu was soon a roaring chimney y and und w. w with the the destruction of 1 its ts su sup supporting J porting timbers timber's the ground was en enIng calv calving ing compelling all nIl work to be dIrect directed d from fron the levels connected with a ad adjoining 1 joining lg mines I IThe The rhe Speculator nr another other shaft t feet Distant c connects with with t Ie Granite Mountain on the thc differ nt I levels That That shaft also was in danger s swater water from lom the levels was runn ng ug ng Into i It It and had caved a portion Th Fh h re reo was was no fire in this shaft howe however err Tons Ions of water was poured Into the Granite Mountain shaft and t 1 rom points on connecting levels with adjoining ad ad- joining mines as near as ns It is pos possible ible to to get to the scene o of the accident It Is believed that the mine dam age will exceed t The The fire tire which started on the OO- OO foot level communicated to smoke which poured from the s mft In great clouds retarded rescue work ork Miners from adjoining properties ordered ordered ordered or or- dered up from underground as us a J precaution pre pre- caution went to work as ns res rescuing gangs aiding national guardsmen who hind had been called to the scene With hope hop rekindled by the tIle fin finding ng ngor of or ten men alive on Monday Un Jn a n crosscut feet from the on the 2200 level o of the Speculator Spec r of the North Butte Mining 1 co con jiny efforts Of the army of rescue m mf rn 1 11 1 I exploring cx- cx all accessible working f for those who mn may have escaped from the poisonous gases Incident IncIdent to Friday nights night's fire in n the thc Mountain l shaft have hav been |