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Show III l. "W " -l- ,", ""Til III DISASTER IN WYOMING COLLIERY TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN MINERS KILLED. Carelessness of Miner Causes an Explosion Ex-plosion Which Brings Sorrow to Many Homes and Great Loss to Property. Tho visit of a miner Into a condemned con-demned entry In mlno No. 1 of tho Union Pacific Coal company nt Hannn, Wyoming, on Tuesday, resulted In nn explosion which caused tho denth of 213 men, tho partial destruction at tho mlno workings by lire and tlio worst mlno horror In tho history or Wyoming. Wyom-ing. At 10:2"i o'clock Tuesday morning n miner walked Into u condemned on-try on-try f tho colliery. Tho Instant the nccunitilated unset camo In contact with his lamp a fonrrul CNploslon occurred. oc-curred. Over two hundred men were nt work at the time, and or this number nil perished oxoept nbiiul twenty-live. Flro followed tho explosion nnd tho Bnioko which poured from tho pit's mouth wns so dense that attempt at rescue by the surfneo men hnd to bo abandoned for the tlmo being. At tioon Superintendent Ilrooks nnd J, rescue pntty forced their wny Into tho mine. The denso smoke rendered their progress cxtronily dlllleult, as woll as dangerous, and several of tho escuo pnrly wort overcome and were lent to the surfneo. At 1 o'clock tho rescuers reached ho Interior workings, and on tho third level found several miners badly bad-ly mangled but living, nnd a short dlstnnce further the dend bodies or sovernl others. Those nmong tho living who were Able to tnlk snld that tho men who were nt work further In on this lovel were undoubtedly dend, the number being placed at over 200. Rawlins and Laramlo woro nt once notified of tho disaster and appeals for help wcro mado to aid in subduing subdu-ing tho flames and for surgeons nnd nurses to enro for nny Injured that might bo rescued. Tho scenes at tho mine wcro heartrending; heart-rending; wives and children or men who nro known to havo been lnsldo eagerly hang about the shaft, kept only by cooler heads from plunging Into tho dark abyss. Tho Union Pacific railroad, which owns tho mines, hns nil of Its extra employees working with might and main to reach tlio imprisoned men. Tho flames scorn to bo nbntlng and thoro Is hopo or getting most or the bodies out by morning. Tho Ilannn mines nro nmong the best on tho U. P. system, having been established In 1S78. Tho town wns nnnied ror Senator Mnrk Ilannn ns ho ns n member or tho Union Pncltlc Coal company. Mine No. 1 is practically a new property. It has twenty-six entries, fifteen miles of woi kings and n main lticlluo shaft of one nnd one-half miles In length. Tho mine has been recognized recog-nized as a dangorous property Tor some timo on account or tho largo amount or gas, but tho system or ventilation ven-tilation has been so good that an accident ac-cident was not anticipated. Two hundred nnd eighty-two men went down In tho mlno nt 7 o'clock nnd only forty-eight hnvn been nc-counted nc-counted for. Or this number two nre dead. It was somo tlmo nttcr tho oxploslon occurred thnt tlio first man was brought to tho surface. Ho was followed by others until 1 o'clock when tho last wore brought out. Tho res-cnors res-cnors woro unahlo to penetrate further fur-ther Into tho mlno until additional openings hnd been mado to pormlt fresh alt- to lencli tho lower levels and clear awny tho foul gases. |