Show A essenter 1 es iron mine caves in and alid this is followed bj a flood of the water of a sear near by FALLS midi mich sept 28 29 mansfield laus Mans nelc fiela iiii attio o only producer of ras bes amor in the Chry chrystia stid falls fallis distinct located six miles from froin hore here caved in ata last night burying eight orken ork mn and do norih of pro property porty the LT working lovela ran directly under tho the river and parallel lel el with it for beveral hundred loot ta 26 6 fertit lovel level being bein 35 foot below the he bottom bottwin of tho the river riter tho the five lower zun paralea PAr alel el to the first tho the bottom being foot below the sun surface ace of the water the fave ff ve upper levels were ware stopped out iu in the progress of the work leaving only lytho the timbers and dwars of tire to bear tho the mighty weight of the boors of ore abode the accident is supposed to be caused by the giving away of the timber on the fifth level allowing ithone abobo to follow and at last tho the river to pour in upon the after the cave the river ad hed bil below 0 w the mine was dry in an hour and 40 minutes forty eight men descended I 1 ahe chaff last jast night twenty escaped and twenty eight perished perin hed tho cho bodies will nover never be ro recovered covered most of the survivors were at work on the bottom level which had not beer been sloped out and consequently did not cavo when the levels above fell the men mea hoard heard tho the crash of the cave and started for the ladder way all out four on this level reached the ladder way before tho the down the shaft cut off all avenues at af escape tony Bullet anthe skip tender WAS standing anding at by faank brocko night boss at the shafty shaft on level they heard the crash and realized what was coming robeo drift to inform his mon men of af the dimmer danger and did not return the surface in ia a lone andrew sullivan was another night boss no tho the leyel at the th time odthe accident he ae called his men to follow him quickly all but four men man on this chis level reached the ladder way in ia safety As they ascended ho wavor they were ware nearly suffocated so great waa the air pres pressure eure caused by the water pouring down ahe shaft they were ablo to breathe at each landing place and came to abu Bur surface faco more doad than alive salt lake horald |