Show MINERS MEET DEATH TWELVE KILLED AS RESULT OF TWO explosions IN WASH INGTON COLLIERY natural gas combustion assigned as an the khe cause the force of explosion being terrific all of the men killed were foreigners seattle wash two explosions occurring within a few minutes of each other shortly before 7 sunday morning resulted in the death ol of twelve men in the lawson mine at black diamond thirty miles southeast ot of seattle seven men going down on shift and five men coming up were caught between the first and sixth levels and it Is almost certain that all perished natural gas combustion iff 1 assigned as the cause all the iner were foreigners tho the force of the explosions was ter ten rifle showers of earth tim timbers liers and bits of clothing believed to be that ot of the miners being blown biown from the slope of the mine timbers measuring sixteen fi inches thick and eight feet feel long were blown halt a mile A big section of was waa blown a B im aim liar ilar distance and bank fifteen feet to ir the ground the shock of the slon sion which was felt for miles around was waa so BO great that many thought there had been an earthquake soon after the explosion the mine began to cave in indicating that all the supports had been blown out and the tunnels wrecked it is doubtful il 11 the mine will be reopened the damage Is estimated at |