| Show 0 01 I 1 it 1 I 1 I ml MI I 1 T IN MINI it LITTLETON LITTLETO iN ala april 8 of the tile one hundred to one hundred and fifteen miners who are believed to have m nit mt t stith in the explosion at the banner mines 1 of the pratt consolidated coal company near here lere early this tills morning less than lair halt a dozen bodies had been recovered when the work of rescue was temporarily suspended at nightfall the deadly black damp due to the destruction of the ventilating fans by the explosion was a men ace to all who attempted to enter the tile workings or kings and it may be several days before all the dead havu have been recovered L lite tto hia his afternoon all hope for the men remaining in the mine being alive was given up tip alle no statement has been made it la is balloted bal ball loved eved the explosion waa was caused by safety powder ignited by a lamp and followed by dust wh wit in n the night crew left the mines shortly before the explosion happened night fire boas sparks report reported eti the condition of the mine as good and the day sh shift ift was sent to work there were one hundred and seventy men in all only five of whom were tree free laborers ahe others were convicts bostl mostly immediately follot following ng thu the explosion several of the convicts s w with it tt alt mining experience discovered discover that a t black damp was forming tilt tiny v spread the ularm alarm and anti many started a race with death to the tn inco forty five of the miners eithur retched re ached the outside in or got ot within hailing di dl tance in lit the shaft and anti were ere taken out by rescuers scores of volunteers were ere on hand brought by tho the al rm and miny of or them thein made herol heroic efforts to bring out the victim till work proved effective until the tie adly gases f in n hered the main shaft into which which the men were headed |
