Show ED FIRE IN COAL MINE BRINGS SOR ROW TO MANY DEPENDENT UPON WORKERS after every effort had been made to sh flames M ne Is sealed up and all hope of escape of entombed men abandoned cherry ills four hundred men and boys perished as the result of a terr fie explosion in the bt paul mine on sat arday the mine has a day shift of men of these a few left the mine before the explosion occurred the others doubtless are dead the fire causing the explosion which may prove one of the greatest trag edies edles in the 1 st of mine horrors had an or gin almost at pile of hay allowed to too long finally ignited the timers of the mine and before the realized ther dan ger the mine was filled with smoke gases and flames and all exit ws wes 1 lin possible great heroism was shown by claas and residents of cherry rhese men who were outside the mine when the fire started contributed f five ive to the list of the known dead by rushing into the mine trying to save the doomed men after every effort to extinguish the flames had proven futile the shaft of the burning mine was sealed this ended all hopes of the escape of the imprisoned men the st paul mine ie is the only one in the towa town and provided employment for almost 1000 1 men among the missing are many ameri amerl cans who have lived in the mining sec see tion of illinois for years though the majority of those nho rho may never be found alive are fore gm born yet all had their homes here or in the sur founding rounding towns and villages grief over their probable fate has cast a pall over the thet community |