Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-26 | Page 1 | Fourteen Miners Killed in Explosion

FOURTEEN MINERS KILLED IN mine Coal at this was as the scene at 7 o'clock this evening of a disastrous explosion which entombed II miners including the tho officers ot of the tho mine as follows J J. J O 0 Logan superintendent George Morris assistant superintendent superintend superintend- ent John Cole night foreman Tho rho location of the explosion or its cause have ha not been determined at this hour It Tt occurred however far In the in-the tho workings and was undoubtedly I caused by the thc I Ignition of a pocket of ot otas gas as which had Lean been released by shots I tIred 1 ty t the lay day shift shUl At 1 o'clock this morning seven sc men lad been taken en from the tile mine and all 11 of them nere re overcome with afterdamp afterdamp after after- damp which followed tho the explosion All arc are re regarded as having a 11 chance of recovery except Logan the tho super n- n who ho dle died shortly after being brought to tho the surface At this hour the fate tate of ot tho the seven So men still In the the mine mine unknown is-unknown Is Is' al al although 1 though It Is feared that all nil 1 avo perished per per- deadly since every minute in the afterdamp lessens the hope of ot their survival al Among the missing Is ts George Morris superintendent who It Is assistant other feared has J with tho the seven men still In the mine