Show E MINE ACCIDENT I 1 fifteen men lose their lives as result of explore on A special from burnett wash brings tho the news of on 0 of the most terrible calamities that has ever blighted tho the mining industry in the state ot of washington occurring in the burnett coal mine without a moments warning at least eleven lives were snuffed out and it Is believed that the death list will total fifteen of these unfortunate victims eight are men of families while the rest were unmarried the cause of the explosion has not I 1 been definitely ascertained and opla ions long vary by somo some the theory is 1 advanced that fire damp Is responsible for the disaster but this will not bo be known until an investigation has been held the burnett mine Is owned by the tha south prairie coal company at the time of the accident there were about forty men at work juet just prior to the fatal explosion some of the miners bad had ascended to the face and others more fortunate than the victims were able to make their way to safety after the terrible blast which shook the territory like an earthquake |