Show DROWNED IN IH A MINE the terrible late fate of eighteen goal coal miners ila id pel feb 6 A terr terrible auvid ent occurred at janesville jonesville Jones villo ville this morning u hereby eighteen nien men lost their lives the accident occurred in ill alope IC operated by J C blayden it co are arc situated immediately under old workings known as no 8 which were worked out sonic onic f five ivo years ago and filled with nith wati water i the cause of the disaster wai due to the drilling of a hole through a pillar which liberated tile imin erise e body of water confined in the till old workings ings ilo tile the ile new V workings borkin tor kin s and drowning all the men in that portion of the mine several of the dyad dead men arc married and lave have large families fai niUe one of seven mon men who ulio escaped from the mine saya lie felt the wind coming when the men broke through tho the old s lopo lie ile yelled to his companions to t run for their lives or all would be drow drowned lied in a moment the rush of witter water came caine and the seven even nien men spoken enof of barely che cheapen aped the water rose roc rapidly and before any attempt could bo be madr made to rescue tho the rest of the tho water flowed in and I 1 ill in fi five ivo mi minutes flutes tile the slope is feet deep was filled to the mouth and the 6 eighteen lateen men who but a few hours before with light hearts left the bright sunshine and clear sky to dc rand into the dark cavern were buried in it watery grave 5 news of the dimster caused the wildest excitement and the mouth of tile the was soon thronged thron ged with people the scenes of anguish ih that ensued cannot lie bo doii depicted the weather which was bitterly I 1 t terly cold did not have any all effect toward diminishing 11 the crowd and it was only when thu the terrible result renit WAS wai made plain that none of the entombed men inen were living or could possibly be readied reached until all the water was wa pumped out of tile the slope thit that tile the grief rie stricken friends of the unfortunate men C could lie hidu induced ced to 0 go to their homes th the frill firm of tl co will pump tile the water out as rapidly as the machinery placed in po position can do to tho the work how long ony r it will take is a question since no definite le finite idea of the volume of water can all be sonic of the miners say my it IV will ill take lake four weeks many theories are advanced advance I as to the cause of the lie I 1 great disaster some charge e it to neglect M to notify the workmen or kinen of tile the dan dangerous M ergui proximity of water |