| Show FATAL MINE EXPLOSION four men man killed in the brodhead coal mine at aqullar aguilar denver aug 3 A bisp din pitch itch from trinidad last night to the republican saye says the most diga disastrous mine explosion in the tile history of LIB lis animal i county occurred at aguilar in the old shaft of the brodhead Brod hend mine of the northern coal and coke comp company iny at 0 this morning four men lost their eints and several were see severely rely injured one of whom whon will die the kill cil george mason magon georgo II 11 parker george 11 II grenfell and E 11 keller the seriously injured B seriously burnel burtie d will die 11 11 II Sl shelter ietter badly burned bout head bead will recover the tile accident n u as caused by the accumulation mul mutation mu lation atlon of gas in the mine the men were engaged in the tion of a pump for the purpose of hoeting water to mines further up tho canon par ai and N were ere work ing in the when it Is 19 said of them astruck A match to light his ills pipe A terrific explosion immediately fol lowed and the two tuo men nien fell to the bottom of the workings a distance of about feet three other men were working on the first level itrel about fifteen feet from the surface and find grenfell wae wax hurled through the mouth of the shaft some distance in the nir and fell to the ground dead frightfully charred and blackened and nearly all of the clothing clot liing burned from his bod the other two men wen rescued from the leel as soon as the Int enrie heat aal and obnoxious gases had subsided suen clentry t to admit the tle rescue party the rescuers were nere almost OTer COMe by the heat and flames however and w lien they returned to the surface w m lib ith tl tj two men one dead and the other 1 1 most la in a dying condition a routing cheer greet d them froni from their fellow fork A |
