Show universal versal corn or IR a I 1 TO bos box 11 lit lake ake guy city utah explosion ex p ision bat ll 11 at bonanza traps eight miners no hope held for imprisoned miners eight gilsonite miners are trapped trap ed with no chance of survival 1 ur viv in a flaming mine shaft shat t at B bonanza as a r result of two mysterious explosions ons at 8 05 am this morning three other men working at the top of the shaft were brought to vernal and the uintah county hospital for treatment ot of burns A fourth worker was uninjured trapped in the mine are glenn jackson orvil kenneth R richens Rl chens alls harper hal ilal cook joseph baker all of vernal J var timothy bonanza and everett goodrich bluebell I 1 1 injured were lloyd vernal ii serious erious back burns charlie charli bowden bonanza face burns and orman stephens bonanza cracked ribs mr stephens was released from the ho hospital I 1 tal shortly after arrival the other t two ar are e in good 0 od condition d aitio n the fourth man dofner er who escaped without injury was norman fletcher pletcher vernal M mr r stephens was operating the hoist in the open shaft when the incident oc cured in his own wo words rd he said ad I 1 1 I saw aw the flames coming cm c m ig up the te shaft aft threw on the h hoist at b brake r ke and ran to a nearby building once he looked out from the building to see what was happening anin a and n d a mine timber knock ed off ly h his I 1 s hat he ile remained in the building until the explosions died down the other men working with mr stephens saw the flame at the same time and escaped death only by running for their lives into the nearby sagebrush three of the trapped miners were believed to have been working right in the main shaft at about the foot level the ime continued on page 8 SLIGHT HOPE HELD FOR continued from page 1 shaft goes to feet the other five live were working near the shaft at the foot level the ion bocc occurred u red at the no I 1 incline of th the a american gilsonite company compa ny explosions tossed debris over an area covering a quarter of a mile flames could be seen as al far away as vernal one of the victims kenneth hans was married recently his ills wedding reception was ix scheduled for this friday night within minutes after the a explosion between fifty and arid s sixty miners had arrived on the scene to help put out the fire ire but the explosions had shut oft off the power and broke water lines ambulances police and medical help was rushed to the scene of the explosion from vernal when they arrived burning timber was lying over a large area and a giant column of smoke rose above the shaft house glenn jackson is the husband of bernce gurr jackson and son of mr and mrs lige jackson on dovis da vis orvil ia is the son on of mrs john davis kenneth R richens is the husband of clifta searle richens and son of mr and mrs jess richens davis hal ilat cook Is the husband of carma bowthorpe Dow thorpe I 1 cook and son of mr and mrs I 1 leonard cook naples full information on the trapped men Is not yet available cause of the explosion is unknown mine engineers have been summoned to make an investigation vesti gation |