Show 1 DEATH ROLL MAY REACH THOUSAND Seven Hundred Known to tp Have Perished in Courrier s l Disaster TERRIFIC FIRE IN A MINE MN s I i L y iii- iii r- r of of 1 Prom Iolli r 4 r lain Into 1 Sh Shaft rr r i r- r jI j- j f I J 1 j j 1 I P Paris March h i 10 ic latest T reports from te s' s ln In regard te ard to the disaster dIg dis aster that occurred pod pod- ir In a a coal coa mine there thre yesterday owing I-et I rd ra owIng to to an explosion followed fotIo-ed- by bya fIre fir In In t the ipe mine states U that t miners miners' s are ure I. I known own to to hn have perished 71 h have he e b been h from th thC mine while about 00 are miss miss- ing lug Ing It I 1 Is b feared many pC pi h absent ones will wi b be eventually c It to h have it h lives Jve and the c ni may ru run to 1000 s l r iThe i r The Th accident d occurred Just after u l-u men n had bath gone one t. t tc ork ic s yesterday st ng There w r tOlt f f n In the mine at t t r and II It-Is It l that nn any le Any n. r A 1 The Thc js s now ow bw attributed Jed to an 1 fire which l was vas as followed fol to- J. J lowed 4 b by a collapse of or erl earth ear An AxI lt ex ex- ex losi l of fire ire re lamp damp amp or 01 gds gas was caused b the lythe the shutting oft off of oC ll air nil The Thie mine caught fi aho tho thir f T I Je e a en t n Itel iJ J I e r i Th l J d J Jg t g und p p T J I 1 meTr p i th he J f thc u. Jiji t I I. I of U were mR l e I way vay out nut of th mine soon oon after the accident happened nc Rescuing parties we were at once Organized e but It was wa a t along along long time Uma before the they there were vc-re re able to 14 approach the tile sh shafts K in an nn endeavor to carry y assistance to the Ow men below Gradually ho ho er ever the tho rescuers were vere able to force their way vay toward the imprisoned men s B Place There Thre were pitiful scones scenes about aboul the min during the tho course coure of the day ay Word orl of oC the accident spread pread quickly and the relatives of or the tite miners be besieged lege the tho place It I was necessary for the gendarmes to establish a cordon cosdon cor cos' don on to keep keel back bac the excited mob In ol order er to keep them from plunging ln Into the shafts Some of the men wore were badly burned or 01 otherwise injured The attempts of or friends to minister to the unfortunates caused much con con- fusion ruslon As tho blackened bodies were lifted out s the thc waiting crowd clowd rushed ICed forward violently to discover if their relatives were among the number Work Vork of nr n Rescue Ite l' l Pushed PIled The work Ole of rescue Is being pushed steadily an and Is marked I by the finding find Child ing ins of oC many man bodies with here and there a miner minel who had not been over over- come A thorough Investigation staton is ts beIng beIng being be be- ing made mado as the rescuers proceed to tomake tomalee tomake make malee SUO sure that no one shall Ihal be el over over- looked |