Show BUY LIVES LOST explosion of gas causes twenty five fatalities in illinois colliery owned by joseph leiter italian youth Is lone survivor 0 disaster Dis astr former explosion in same mine caused death of Fifty one workmen duquoin A disastrous ex in which twenty alve men lost their lives occurred at an early hour sunday morning in joseph letter famous colliery at zeigler A spark from a trolley pole ot an electric motor coming into contact with a pocket of gas Is assigned as the cause of the explosion the americans killed in the ex included thirteen whose bodies have been recovered and eight bodies remain in the mine mr leiter personally conducted the first relief party into the mine the lone survivor of the explosion was an italian youth who escaped harm an expert who had been expert with tha gases in the mine at zeigler said he had placed the mine in a safe position to be oper abed the men were engaged in clearing away the debris caused by the recent fires n the mine and it was expected that operations would be resumed this week after two months huspen sion the mine was put in operation in 1903 and soon after labor troubles began in april 1905 an explosion in the mine killed fifty one men |