Deseret Evening News | 1901-03-02 | Page 8 | Situation Today

IO Ic TODAY y Men Working Like UkI Heroes Amid 1111 In II Not nl SPECIAL TO Tim Wyo Wo March 2 noon Situation nt at thU after afternoon noon remains unchanged ns tM the tho time Is being consumed In lighting the tho lire In the sixth level leel opposite tho room where the blaze originated orl Superintendent announced nt noon Mon that they bad hl made no further progress In the last few tew hours he had lwe had Ia 30 G men In the level leel all ni this morning morIng trying In every I l to t fight tho lire tre which extends from the tho room How Jow far tr buck back the flie hns run Iun Is a matter of conjecture but hit It Is I reported that the tho extends from the to 10 room n a distance of ot probably one oU hundred feet t et ThU will wi have to be e passed before the of the eighteen miners cnn can be recovered Sand tind lne other materials are being hurried the mine tu to ac nc accomplish this purpose and as very lit little I tic tle air Ah can cun be he taken In II the level the work Is very cry trying on the tho men ns us the heat hen Is II something terrible Although they the are nrc up to a I point where the tho Ore occurred It 1 be I some hours hous housel yet el before b fore anything will wil be accomplished pl hed Several mine Inspectors hero boro everything possible Is being done to recover the bodies No work lf I being done In any 11 other part of ot the mine U I Is the purpose o of the company II to Ont extinguish the lire lre on this level lovel before resuming on other levels