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Show lIlEfSTOSE LIVES IN MINE - Explosion in German Mine Causes Greatest Loss of Life in Mining History of the Country. -if Fire Followed Explosion and Men Are Caught in Veritable Death Trap Mine Flooded and All Attempt at Rescue Abandoned. Hnmm, Westphalia, flormnny. Onn of the most horrible dlsastera In thu history of mining in Oormany occurred Thursday morning at tho Kndhcd mine, about three miles from this Place. There wns n henvy explosion about 4 a. m., nnd nlmost Immediately tho mine took lire. Of 380 miners working underground nt tho tlmo only tlx escaped without Injury. Thirty-five Thirty-five men were taken out badly hurt f.nd thirty-seven wore dead when brought to tho mouth ot tho pit. Th remaining 302 have been given up for lost. Tiro explosion vn unusually violent, vio-lent, destroying one of tho shafts, which had to bo partly repaired before be-fore tho rescuo work began. In addition, addi-tion, the Humes and smoko proved almost al-most Insurmountable obstacles In thu enrly efforts of the; rescuing parties. A special corps, composed of tho men who rendered such vnluablo aid in thu terrlblo initio disaster at Courrlcres, France, In March, 1900, arrived upon 1 ho scenn shortly before noon, but were unable lo enter the mine, being forced to wait the efforts of tlto firemen to keep the llames lu chock. Meantime heartrending scenes took l.iace at tho mine when tho dead and wounded were brought to tiro surtnee, and there wcio similar scenes In tho town when the injured woro transported transport-ed through the streets to tho hosplt-nlh. hosplt-nlh. At 1 o'clock the flro hnd mndu prcst hoadw-.iy. and inter In the niter-j.non niter-j.non after a consultation of tho engineers. engi-neers. It wns decided that any tur-ther tur-ther attempts to lescuo tho entombed men would ho In vain, owing to tho impossibility of entering the galleries. At the same tlmo un order wns Issued to flood the mine. |