Show BERNAL DISASTER IS MORE Now Known Death List Will Wi he be Nearly Two Score AMERICANS AMONG DOOMED I I Fire Expected to Break Out in Mine Any Moment Moment Mo Mo- ment mente Albuquerque N. N M. M D Dec C. C The 31 The 31 The e explosion ex explosion ex- ex disaster nt at the Bernal coal mine at Carthage grows In seriousness a as the hours hourt pass by bc bS and it I is now believed be be- that the loath death list may lay reach I anywhere from twenty to fort forty Up to 4 o'clock this afternoon eight bodies had been removed from the mine and six miners were rescued very en badly badh Injured l. l Some of tho the Injured arc so badly hurt th they y arc not not expected to live A number of bodies can be seen by bythe bythe bythe the rescuers rs pied piled in a ghastly heap hoap within the area Irea of the deadly pas gas IlS Just how liow many bodies there are arc can enn not ot b be counted as It Is impossible to get Iet near ner enough sh eno to them at this time Ume to count them Tho Tue rescuers who returned to the mouth of tho te mine for rest ar arc of ot the that there are a number of other men In the mine whom the they could not see and whom the they o believe are ire also dead ded Mexican The majority of ot the dead miners mines are arc Mexicans and Italians but hut a number o of Americans were employed Among those hose who were rescued alive alve but alive hut but la badly ly Injured is Prank Frank Wilcox an American The explosion was caused cuse bya lar large e accumulation o of gas as Notwithstanding the explosion was heard for many miles mies In n SaIl all al directions the damage to the mine nine Workings proper is reported reported to tobe tote be te not heavy The Bernal mine Is owned by the th Fuel company compan which eJ d the property Carll Carthage go Is located In Antonio n Socorro count county i 1 12 miles mies from rom San J I t I lire Fire May Moy n Break rulo Out According io to the latest the latest reports the mine i Is not burning but lut much fear I Is expressed sed that a lire Iho will break out Jef ro nightfall The mine was being developed ie by b Incline tunnels during the th i p Tho rho N explosion occurred noon noon hour hoU when tho time of majority of the thC miners were at gt 1 lunch Had it I occurred when whon the full fun force of men was wal at work the death list lt would havo o reached in tle the neighborhood of ot f fifty |