Show COAL MINERS KILLED A terrible Terrt blo explosion in a mint t st etienne Etl franc with awful results the report of 0 a terrible mining disaster colars from bt st ef 0 in the department part ment of fb abe loir wro and ed tir the center of 0 the coal field is fiance an AD ex lo ilon of fire are lamp damp occurred at poon noon on the jtb iak one a of the a coal pit la in that region ana end maiji to scope from the juice according to abe so 0 o tut far received sixty men perished ia in the pit the occurred tu its ft a pit belong belon inc to the st SL elenas colliery collier luu disteli after the explosion dense ar volumn of e smoke issued from train the NO u th ct of the pit pik kod sad 16 a bort obort am nr e crowds at and friends of the iti imprisoned minars gathered bout about the tb entrance of at the ib pit pits aad and prepared pr parl for or the tb work of rescue fortunately the day was w helon observed a M a fates day and nd a comparatively small number of mea men were at t work la lis tb be juice if happened 0 oa an a ra nary working day the lct ina of c I 1 I 1 lle atwould It would doali bays been appa ilar N ben tho the arst at tempt was md made to rescue the tb imprisoned men ur the wr were driven back by the foul fume lumes that pou rod forth aad sad for nearly aa cahour hour nothing could to bedont done to extricate the unfortunate mea den from tbt the pit la in order to disperse this tb smoke that r filled led ur the haft the can was and nd drawn up rapidly a number of umes urn kod and at t length the tt abaft was wi on Mcl to enable tha rescuers to desell and ct be b fla gin the work of at the tory outset tto t rescuers en to countered obstacle ob an tits akin mala gallery was found to br have ool lapsed that preventing access to the tb imprisoned mn mon after working several boun boors la in relays 1 the party of rescuers cr bd had cleared aw way awty ty portion of the debris and nd a few cal later they came amoo the bodies of tout foul miner miners the inso although unconscious wen were still alive and nd wr were quickly jr ent sent tc the surface ur face abero they quickly revived to the delight of the bystanders and od bor or ro rowina wing wives and bd fa ficie fi alws uie who bad col cot looted at t the alvs pit mouth 1 V b alle ile the rescuers were at t work savors doctor doctors sad nd several amb ulaine ahra ami 51 fr gt etinne ssi S i of restoratives procured so 0 o that thi the promptest tott sea imbt be given to all tho nho should be brought from the she pit tle leody speedy revival of azem gave bope hope that other others la in the pit might aved saved rid this bop hope was strengthened when a bort short time afterward rescuing re culos party which had entered the pit oat sent to the surfs ca four mere of the thovie umi time milot fall of who whoa wro quickly restored rei tc this par party ty of rescuers rec nen bow how hawter ever Ter found that it was w impossible to reuh reach the other imprisoned men and ad then there Is t hardly i a doubt but that all of the latter bayo have an ana combed to the nou gaa gas that filled the cell calls of the mine at midnight it waa was ascertained that 73 miner miners bad had perished the Thewl wives Te children and relative relatives of the entombed miners stul surrounded rounded aur abe thou of thorit abe pit and tb moat most heartrending scene were witnessed as a the bodies of the victims were brought to the surface aur faco |