Show i t r. r rr 1 l j COAL MINERS KILLED A Terrible E Explosion pl in a Mine at St. St Eti Etinne France Withful With Awful ful Results The rope ropo t of a terrible m mining ning d disaster aster come from St. St Etenne Etionne In the de department department de- de de of t e Loire Loiro and nd the center center of tho the richest co l I fields In France Fance An explosion ex cx- of at firo flip damp occurred at noon neon on tho the in on one of ot the numerous numerous coal pits pis pisin in that regio reglo i anti and and many of at the workers were unable Ito to escape from the mine According fi to tot the dispatches so far re received received 10 sixty sixty n an en perished In the pit pit Tb The Tho n a occurred In a pit pit belonging belong belong- In lag ing to the tho St St. t Etienne Etenne colliery Immediately Imme after the explosion dense of smoke issued from tho the mouth of ot the connecting Pit and andIn in a 0 short time crowds of relatives and friends frends o ot othe the Imprisoned miners gathered ather d about the tha the entrance entrance of ot the pits pit and prepared for the tho work of rescue Tor Innately the day was bein being observed as a fete fet day and nd a comparatively number of ot men men were wee at work In the mine If lithe Ithe the accident had ad happened on an or ordinary ordinary i nary tho the loss less of lifo life lo would have been appalling jay When the tho frs first at attempt at tempt was was made to rescue the imprisoned men the tho were driven back backby by the foul fumes that poured forth and ad adfor for nearly an hour bour nothing could be done dona donato to extricate te th the unfortunate men from the pit pit o In order to disperse o the sm smoke ke that filled fled the tho shaft ha t the ho he he ca cage e was was' lowered lower dand and drawn up rapidly a 0 number of at times and at length the shaft was suMi sufficiently it cleared d to enable ti the tho rescuers to t des descend nC and begin be b gin the work work-o eXP ton A At the v very ry outset outset c th the rescuers rescuer's rescuers encountered en countered a serious obstacle as as the tho main gallery galery was found to have hav collapsed e thus preventing access to the imprisoned men After working l several veral hours our In relays the party of ot rescuers rescuers rescuer's had had cleared i awa away a portion porton of the debris debris' ard and a 0 few fem minutes s later they came across across' th the bodies of ot four fout foul miners The men men although Jh unconscious were still al alive e a and d were were quickly se sent t to tc the tho surface where they the they q quickly 1 kly revived to the delight deIght of ot the bystanders and sor sorrowing SOl row rowing g wives ive and families ho who wh had ad col eel looted at the pi s mouth Whilo the rescuers were were at t t work several doctors and and sever several lamb ambulances la c shad had been ben summoned fr from r St. St Etenne Mid and ard a supply of restoratives p procured so so so that the promptest assistance might wight be given to all al ll who should bo ho brought be-brought from the pit alive The speedy revival of the men rescued gave hope in the the pit m might ht be saved and this hope was wa strengthened when a a short time Ume afterward which had entered th the rescuing party pit pit sent sento to the the surface four more of ot the victims vic vc- vie tims all al of at whom w were re quickly restored tc consciousness This party of rescuers however found th that fit it was as impossible to reach tho other imprisoned n C men and there is hardly a doubt but that all al of the the latter later have suo sue to the tile poisonous gas that filled fled the cells cels of the tb mine ine At midnight it w was s is ascertained that 73 miners miner had perished The wives vives children a and r relative o he c mb d m miners ner still stUl sti surrounded the mouth mouth of ot the pit and the most heartrendIng heartrending scenes were were winess witnessed d as the bodies of the the victims were brought surface to t th the S I |