Garland Globe | 1907-03-23 | Page 2 | Explosion of Fire Damp Kills Seventy-Five Men

I EXPLOSION OF FIRE DAMP KILLS SEVEKTY-F1VE MEN Serious Disaster at Mining Village Near Forbach, Germany, Which Has Brought Sorrow to Many Homec. Forbach, Gnrmnny. An explosion of flro damp In an underground shaft of the coal mine at Klelnrossoln, near here, resulted In tho dcnrl of soventy-five soventy-five miners and tho Injury of twelve others. Many of tho bodies were so disfigured disfig-ured that thoy wero scarcely recognizable. recog-nizable. Tho work of bringing out tho Injured men and tho bodies of tho dead was very slow, tho galleries being choked with wreckage. Tho mlno belongs to tho Dowen-dels, Dowen-dels, ono of tho 'richest mining families fami-lies of Alsace-Lorraine. Tho Dewondols brothers hnvo given . $26,000 to relluvo tho Immcdlato ne cessities of tho afflicted families.