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Show EIGHT MINERSltH Hurt by an Explosion in M Yankee Consolidated. ACCIDENT THIS morJ Three Boxes of Powder, w,, I Tlfty Pounds Each, Were sM Thawed Out With Candle, M Is Believed the Boxes. ToVrB nnd .the Explosion FolloweowB n Miracle That Several Llvs B Not Lost-Work May Be SeB Today. TIllllUNi: SPIICIAL f Eureka. Mirch 39 -Shorn. . t "" "'clock ,hh """Z f an explosion occurred In -f Yankee Con'olldited mine,,.' 4- It Is only a miracle that screrd ' f lives were not lost As 't f about eight minora .' ' knocked out by tho gntt, ,nj ' smoke nnd tho Pliyslclaru ' f now working to revive. teni Tho explosion vvns ion t nbovo tho tunnel level n ajj - which Is not being vvetked ,, f the present time. ' THREE HONES POWDER ' 4- EXPLODE. f Three boxes nf povvde- r,v, , f Intr nbout nfty pounds utk were hi Ing lhawed out win, -f randies and It Is supposed that . 4- tit" wood of which the pow,,, f boxes were made, took Arena, f set oft the exploilves Inside. The rhock of the explosion ! 4- wis. Telt In severil parts of tiM 4- mine, tnndles being blown on, 4- and In some Instances therwii 4 were thrown to the floor of tix , f workings , OVERCOME RY SMOKE. . 4- As soon na tho miners rtcor i ered themselves they rushed to. . 4- ward the mirface by way of Ut., 4- main tunnel, but several VTtn. 4- overcome by the fumes m . 4 povvtler pmoke. , 4- Supt McCreo nnd Shift Boa , 4- Tinner conducted the vvorkot. 4 lescue nn.l dlnpnlched mlneritn 4 nil pirls of the mine to asiliit 4- In getting out the uncisn.vta i 4- workmen It took an hour IP 4- get them nil from the levels I 4- MEN UNCONSCIOUS. I Robert Church and Weill 4 4- ("rindall were unconselon I 4- when found hut ara now be. I llevetl tn be out of danger. I 4- Among others who were over. 4 i omc by the smoke are Joho I -4- PergiiBon und Thomas GlblH I 4- mid Kills llnniictt. t 4- Two physicians, Drs. Taylot I 4- nnd Wade hastened to the mire nnd are working wllh the nif-1 -4 ferers They think that ill sill . 4- he fully rccoveicd In a lew 4- hours t 4- EXPLOSION IN OLD HUMDK.I 4- Tie mine will bo cleared oil 4- Binoko und gna and work mf 4- bo resumed some time today I 4- The rxplndtiu was In the old I 4 iliiml.uir workings, a dewrtfU 4- pirt of the mine, so the daman tr. the mine will not he' terj I 4- Krc.it fiom the concueslon 4444-4-4-4- 4-4 4441 |