| Show I KILLED KILl O III IN I THE UNITO MI f Five Men Meet Death and ald Seven Others Seriously Hurt as Re Rc suit of an au Explosion IS WAS STEAM NOT HOT POWDER Water Its lis Way Voy to that bat Part of or o Where hero Fire FI c Had lIld fleen Deen for or Years Ariz April 2 Aa tho Ito re so result roo suit sult of ot an explosion In the United Verde mIne at Jerome Jeromo owned by Senator Clark live five men man 1110 dead and live vo oh oth others urn ers seriously If It not fatally Injured DEAD T W IV Crofut K E 1 It n Rufus Pete eder A J 7 J M II 1100 THE TAtE N 13 II J Rondo J I 1 P Hoe Aloe IJ n 1 J M Sullivan The Tho accident happened pen d just as nil tho the shifts Were Iere being changed and nil alt the tho themen thomen lie liemen men except 12 hud huel been raised to tho ho surface They wore ware waiting wailing at the tho eta Ion of at the level to be b hoisted from fron mine when a 1 terrific explosion killing live Instantly and In Inuring injuring juring seven Haven others On account of the tile recent heavy rains surface water found ltd Its III way to that portion of at tho the mine where lire 1110 has hn been several years yeat thus bus generated caused the explosion blowing out the tho bulkheads erected to keep the lire lIra from spreading Tho rho men were vero suffocated d by b smoke make and heated Had the accident happened 15 minutes sooner looner men would have been caught Fifteen minutes later the now shift would have been at work The rho explosion sion elon caused calmed tho ho mine to cave from tho tiled surface and the railroad which crossed the ho property erty turned over and satin rails were twisted In shape Tho The mine company has had hod trouble with tire 1110 for tor years yearn and had construct constructed ed n a cement bulkhead which It was waa thought would keep It under control for tor years This has hils been ben destroyed |
