Show SIXTY SIM MISS itts MEET TO DEATH IN COAL MINE MI gas explosion n in same mine M ine in which in 1903 one hundred and sixty nine lives were snuffed out alanna wyo this camp was mas alg cited by another catastrophe saturday afternoon and the lives of probably pio bably sixty men were snuffed out by an explosion of gas in mine no 1 of the union pacific coal company A fire had been raging below tile the tenth level tor for a week and the force of min ars rs had been laid oft on tor for the day tearing an accident might occur superintendent in briggs and foreman durton with a crew 0 of eighteen men all experienced miners with gas men and fire fighters went eown cown into the voi kings early in the morning to light fight the conflagration which was eating its way through the workings at 3 the men above the workings the idle miners in their homes and about town startled by an awful roar followed by a heavy boom and the shaking of tile the earth and trembling of the buildings all knew what had happened hap ened and there was a rush to the mine both entries had caad in and mine timbers had been blown great distances about tho the outside workings mor kings relief went to work to secure the bodies for they knew there was nas little hope of any of the men being alive alle nalle the relief party was at a second explosion occurred the second explosion occurred at 10 30 at night snuffing out the lives of tile the membris of a rescue party including state aline inspector 1 D al sites the names of the men killed in the first explosion were mere as coital ned from the companas comp anys books book s but those of the rescuers were vere not known as no record was kept of those who volunteered for this dangerous work that none hesitated in responding to the call rot foi volunteers in the res cue of their fellow workmen after the first explosion is shown shonn in the fact that not a working Nor king official of the three mines of the union pacific coal company in this camp Is left all wele in the mine beeking to ald aid their stricken friends when the second ex transformed mine no I 1 into a shambles A further evidence that the leaders of the men of the camp camo m were ere there is shown in the fact that every official member of the local lodge of united mine aline workers of america is missing supposedly dead in the mine the disaster brings the number ot of victims of explosions in mine no I 1 during the twenty 5 ears of its opera tion to the neighborhood of the greatest previous loss of life occurred on juno june 30 1903 when men fell vict victims irris to deadly gas |