Show M III E HS TWELVE KILLED AS RESULT OF TWO explosions IN washington COLLIERY natural gas combustion assigned bis as the cause the force of explosion being te terrific all of the M men en killed were foreigners seattle wasl wash two ex explosions ons oc burring within a fow few minutes oi of each other shortly before 7 sunday morning resulted in the death of twelve men in the lawson mine at black diamond thirty miles southeast of seattle seven men going down on oil shift and five men coming up were caught aught between the first and sixth levels and it is almost certain that all perished natural gas combustion la Is assigned as the cause all tho the merr were foreigners the force of the explosions was terrific showers of earth timbers and bits of clothing believed to bo be that of tho the miners being blown biown from tho the slope of the mine timbers measuring sixteen inches thick and eight feet long were blown halt half a mile A big section of avns blown a film elm liar ilar distance and sank fifteen feet in the ground tho the shock of tho the explosion which was felt for miles around was so BO great that many thought there had been an earthquake soon after the explosion the mino mine began to cavo cave in fit indicating that hat all the supports had been blown out and the tunnels wrecked it is doubtful if 11 the mine will be reopened the damigo is ls estimated at |