Show DEATH AND DISASTER 13 explosion 3 3 in n black dragon allne aline kills two creeks and hurls fluris timbers two thousand feet two grek greek laborera are dead and the black dragon mine near dragon property of the gilson asphaltum company is on fire as the result of a series of x plo at on wednesday morning mornin pr february 12 the regular force of men seven in all went off shift at midnight a little more than an hour before the explosion the two tao greeks were vere the only men who were to remain on duty until the day shift went on it is impossible to tell just how serious us the situation is as tho the management has not yet been able to reach the mine so BO intense is the heat the vein for half a if a mile so it appears is on fire the blaze throws a huge red picture into the heavens which is ia easily i isible from vernal a distance of 68 miles so awful and powerful was the explosion that timbers of the mine were hurled for a distance of two thu thousand usand feet A pick supposed to have belonged to one of the greeks was found about seven hundred feet away from the mine wednesday and yesterday the kinds of reports were in circulation but nothing definite could be learned this morning a representative of the express succeeded in getting in communication with captain cooly general manager of the uintah railway company ard of the gilson asphaltum company and he very kindly told all he knew about it which is in substance about as follows on the morning of february 12 at there were a series of explosions plo at the mine and as a result the vein is ia now on fire two greeks who were working about a quarter of ci a mile in the tunnel have probably pcr perished there were no other men at work woric in the mine at the time the regular night shift went off duty at midnight it has been impossible to reach the mine and it is still burning A pipe line is being laid and we hope to be able to reach the blaze with water in a short time the loss can not at this time be estimated we do not know the cause of the explosions what whatever aver opinion might be offered as to the cause would be speculative the tunnel was recently wired for electric lights and the lights were burning at the time in fact they were burning immediately after the first explosion |