Show FORTY ALASKAN MINERS KILLED terrific explosion on makes many wid aws and orphans yolande alaska As the result ot of an explosion in mine no 1 of the yolande coal coke co forty men are dead and possibly twenty more deaths may result before the roll Is completed according to superintendent T C huckabee the explosion was edly due to windy shots mr huek huck abee had just made a tour ot of inslee tion and congratulated some of the men on the condition of their rooms A few minutes after reaching the top he saddled his horse and w was as about to go tor for a day days s hunt when the ex occurred the mines go down something like 1500 feet there was a terrific ex the force of which was seen outside dust and hod timber being blown out in great quantities destroying small buildings nearby and also land lani ing on the station some distance away there was terrific heat imme ol lately after the explosion officials of the company on the scene immediately took steps to start a rescue party to get the men on the inside the fans were started and other methods taken to eliminate the bad air within an hour fourteen men had crawled out of the mine and their description of the inside was heartrending several of these men were badly burned two hours after the explosion it was still impossible to venture even near the mouth of the mine so hot was the air that was rushing out the yolande mines are but a few miles from virginia city where a similar explosion occurred about two years ago men being killed at that time |