Show MINERS MEET luea TH TWELVE KILLED AS RESULT OF TWO explosions IN washington COLLIERY natural gas combustion assigned as the cause the force of explosion being terrific all of the men killed were foreigners Fore iggers seattle wash two explosions occurring within a few minutes of each other shortly before 7 sunday morning resulted in the death of twelve men in the lawson mine at black diamond thirty miles southeast of seattle seven men going down on shift t and five men coming up were caught between the first and sixth levels and it is almost certain that all perished natural gas combustion is assigned as the cause all the moil men were foreigners the force of the explosions was terrific showers of earth timbers and bits of clothing believed to be that of the miners being blown biown from the slope of the mine timbers measuring sixteen inches thick and eight feet long were blown halt half a mile A big section of steam was blown a similar distance and sank fifteen feet in the ground the shock oz 0 the explosion which was felt for miles around was so great that many thought thery there had been an earthquake soon after the explosion tho mine began to cave in indicating that all the supports had been blown out and the tunnels wrecked it is doubtful it if the mine will be reopened the dam dge age is estimated at |