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Show WlMf CH IE A ROARING FURKACE For Third Time In Three Years Fire Breaks Out and Property Is De-Ing De-Ing Filled With Water. Krmmoror, Wyo. For the third time In threo yenrs fire broke out on' Wednesday In mine Nos 1 of the' Dliw mondvllle Coal & Coke company, the) oxact cause of which Is hard to dotermlno do-termlno nt this time. Fire was discovered In tho brattlco at the elavonth level, and had galnod tonsldcrublo headway before tho task of fighting It began, Thcro was no one In the mine' at tho tlmo. an tho camo has not been worked since tho first of tho month, owing to a mlsun dcrstandlng between tho men and tho operators. Every effort on tho part of tho owners was roado to keep tho r.owB a profound socret, and It was with much difficulty that art approach Is gained (6 tho workings. A volumo' of smoko Is pouring out of the n!r slmft, which Is about ten feet squaro, nnd Is visible for qtilto n distance. Tho mlno has been Bealed nnd water is being pumped Into It In order to check tho fire. It Is claimed that tho fire Is now under control, but this is doubted by men who nro posted on' tho worklnps. Thcro was no oxplo-nlon. oxplo-nlon. and the loss nt this time Is hnrd to estlmnto. Three yenrs nso thin same mine was on flro, nnd In tho explosion at that tlmo twenty-nlno twenty-nlno men were killed. Much exclto-ment exclto-ment prevails hero over tho fire, nnd ihere nro mnny rumors bb to Its origin, ori-gin, Thcro were 22B mn emnlovcrt 'n tho mine previous to tho shutdown. |