Show VICTIMS OF MINE mi mm DISASTER explosion in coal mine which had just been inspected by deputy state mine inspector either a pocket of gas or the seepage from a gas gaa well was the cause of accident which caused fearful loss of life pittsburg ritts burg more alore than men were killed by an explosion in tho marianna Marlan mi mines of tho the pittsburg auf falo coal company on saturday jwelch entombed a largo large number or of in miners iners about fifty of tho the victims it Is reported about the mine were either americans americana or english speaking men li IV majority of at the foreigners were comparatively new arrivals in tho the country many of thom them having loft families in their old homes tho the workings woi kings in which tho the catastrophe happened are known as the rachel and agnes mines in reality a double mine alno with underground connections construction work was practically aPy finished and deputy state mine inspector henry loutitt a few minutes before tho explosion lad had completed a two days inspection which had revealed loi caled no caro caflso for apprehension enslo n I 1 tho the cause of atlo explosion has baa not been determined two theories are arc entertained ono one Is that a pocket ol of gas was struck by ono one of tho the miners quickly filling the workings and then igniting from a lamp tho the other theory ls is that gas from a well well on the fulton farm under tinder which the mine la Is lo located matted penetrated the workings the land in tho the vicinity la Is said to bo be gaseous and it la Is possible gas may havo scoped through tho the coal stratum until it accumulated in lka ume to cause tho the disaster so great was tho the force of the explosion that shattered portions of the woodwork about the mouth ol of the shaft were blown into ten mile cibek 2000 feet away besides th the throe three men in the cage portions ol at at icart two other bodies were blown from the shaft house and were found in a field nearby |