Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-06-08 | Page 3 | Eight Men Killed in Montana Mine

MEN S IN MONTANA MINE i I Flames Fill Fi Shaft Shaf at P Mine of Rocky Fork Com Corn pany OTHERS ARE STILL INSIDE to 0 l Put ut Firo Firc Out OLit arc aie OC Una nin Unavailing Explosion is Puo cl by hr Rapid Spread of or Flames Red ned Lodge Mont tont June Juno 7 Eight miners are known to be dead and anti probably probably probably ably a dozen others other arc are entombed Inthe Inthe in inthe the lower levels ts e of or the tho mine of or the the nock Rocky Fork fork Vork coal company compan near herns here her as ns tho the result 1 of or a fire which destroyed the shaft house housti ane and upper workings working today The Time mine has hl b boon been en burning for COI over a year ear but work has brat been ha progressing progressing sing In jn the e upper levels Tuesday night the fre fire became active and n it f largo large force Curce of ot men inca was put iUt ut at work worl In an nn effort to extinguish the flames fames Apparently they were were- checked and anti the lie men went vent to work worl toda today as usual About noon a flash fash of or fire was seen followed d by hy a a. a 0 mulled explosion don and within a ver very few minutes s tho the shaft arid and was as a mass of flames shaf the time il Aid fire n nW'S was W'S sent ent fent from this place in and antl l fre In the time upper level was soon put out A searching party entered the mine and managed to bring out eight bodies They Thoy were Identified as miners Brady Kelly af Bailey Fleming l t and two unknown men A dozen others are arc known to be imprisoned In the time mine and amid streams of or water are being played playe on the fire In an attempt to dro drown it i but so 80 nt far without success 9