Show 0 tOt If V V V M V VI V 9 Y y SENATOR CURTIS REFUTES EDITORS EDITOR'S TESTIMONY Mine at Castle CastleGate CastleGate CastleGate Gate Scene of Blast and Fire Call for Doctors and Nurses Sent to Salt Lake Smoke Pours From Mine and Not One of Entombed Miners Has Emerged Rescue Car Leaving Butte CASTLE C ASTLE GATE Utah Mar One AP hundred and seventy five r men employed cm in the day shift of the Utah Fuel company mine No 2 were entombed byan byan by an explosion at 9 o'clock o'clock this morning Th The Tho explosion Is I believed belle ed to have been caused by an I accumulation lation of ot d dust ut Smoke and tind dust are arc pouring tram front rom the th mouth ot of the th mine here at ot pre pre-ent time tim but hut it It has bas ha not been whether the tho th interior of at the tho th mine ininI Is afire Uro ar Details of or tho the explosion ar art lacking at the comp ini hero here according to Joseph Joeph CarnIA CarnI chief clerk clrk to the tho lh of at the th com company compan pan s a property It ll IL is not known heth whether r theme the thel 0 01 0 any survivors R teams are arO arOnow arenow now end a to enter tao mine to company ot- ot otI of officials I I I IO O NOE iONE L At j H uw w t n un c e l company offices here hero that no nobodies nobodies bodies had hd been taken talen from tile the mine ana 1011 nd that up to that hour none of the tho th mIners miner had been rescued Q The Th e explosion ion in tho tha mine was tollo ed by a series serle of at smaller mallor according to company 0 of- of officials of officials tlell The Th force of ot the th first cx- cx ex explosion was a so 80 g eat that the en- en entrance cn trance to the tho th which I is isa IsA a slope lop mine was wa blocked 11 b Seven rescue teams composed ot of six lx men each tach from tram the tho th other s of ot the tho th company dt at Castle hate Gat a as aswell welt well as teams from tron the thO Hiawatha and 1 mine now v are ar IQ 10 tt get Into the tho mine min b moans means of or the th somali mall entrance ll ls the rear of ot mine SMOKE OUT At noon smoke and dust still Ull wa was issuing tom fLOm tile the obstructed mouth of ot the mine but officials I acre ore unable tal to K state tat whether tire fire fir had had broken out In Inthe inthe I the Interior The Tho Th mine min I Is located about one oe I mii and a half hair from the compa- compa n compa-n I Iare ns n's a s 's offices here hero and are arc being em pIa ed to 10 o carry mation to the th compan headquarters Tile The Til min was operating with Ith witha a 11 normal force fore of 17 men coon on the thed d ds shift according to Mr Cam Cam- CamIs le Carn-le Is Ie the th hating entered the mine at nt o 0 clock this thin morning CALL LL ron FOR DOCTORS Castle Gate Gat Is lit mIle miles south south- southeast east ent of at Salt Lake Lak City Ity Wold Woid a d of at atthe the disaster has beef been tent sent to La Lake Cli Citi and a cill Issued tor for all available doctors doctor and nurses A special train bearing the tho h doctors and add nurses has haa ha left that place for Castle Gat Ct to word Tord me- me re received I ed ot at the com compani compan pan u a office t ore re reThe The train I la is not I to to airie ai u until nUl after noon non I A call all also aha h hits has been l en t I for a amine mine mm re rescue ue car from the bureau r din to thc tl n rot I officials Te Tr Tt mine come Is said to ho he the th l r i coal mine mno in t O tho slate te o ot I 00 M 0 CG OF OP LUTE LIFE Officials declared that rescue teams hail had been unable to find any Indications that any of at atthe the entombed men wore cre dea dead or alive e although It was consid consid- considered consid- consid considered considered ered probable that few faw It if an escaped n escaped d death tram from rom the lon Tile The Th mine mint entrant is b L op oni the thele th le leset leel vel el and anel th thy mine min rU 1 rips runs back ap- ap ap approximately pro proximately a mile and anel a halt half the Working king shafts hafts ng the drIft of at tho th coal vein tein Because Of ot the obstructed en- en entrance entrance en trance tp I th the mill route rescue shiv 01 or ha hate hae e been unable to eten en app a ap p o where hero the th first occurred The Th explosion today tody lod iy Is the lh that that lia hn has ever o oc occurred In mIne mIneNo I Xo No 2 although In 1900 HOO men meni i lost their lives In tn an nn explosion and nt tire fire fir In the th Winter Quarters rs mint of the Utah luel company at L tah near here Castle G te I l a com community of at 1 1700 OO per per- per soi sos SOIL The f orco r e employed in tie o mine toda tode Is 10 the tho normal full tull production force according to the company officials rS ALARMED 1 Cleat Clear Clea cold cod weather pre alls here hera today and will be b of ot AId to the tho th r rescue workers once they are enabled to penetrate the mine Relative es of at the th men entombed rushed to the th nina mine a as soon a as word ord of at tile uk disaster dl was spread thrOughout t the th o small mall communitY and It has as ben been necessary to es- es establish e guard lines to prevent any Interference with rescue maccue teams team Thc Tho Th special spec tr vin from tram Salt Sail Lake Lae bearing doctors doctor and nurses nurse was waa u ud d ela ed In leaving Salt 1 Ln Lake ke ac- ac according according cording to word received d by cent lI piny l jn-l-i- here and will III XI III not arrive arrise e until after atter 3 o'clock this arter afternoon t L CIR R Mont March 8 8 mine rescue car Xo No here hera at noon for 9 Castle Catl Gate Gale Utah to aid tn jn rescue ork M oik t At t the tb Utah rul ruel companY Smine S I mine thI th e where an Sn e this morning Government GO messages menages messa c rech ed r lv c the tho th accI- accI accIdent accident acci accident here gave no details detail etall of o dent J H II Gavin foreman to 1 Is l In charge of ot the lh car Jle ie I III be b ac- ac lc by W IV J 1 first t aid 11 LAKE f S ly LAKE LAIB March 8 R W Approximately 11 17 coal mine minds ama aro reported r ported entomb entombed ad as a a r or of an explosion Ini in No Io J i mine of the Utah Fuel Ful uel company at Castle CastleGate Gate Utah Etch to t this effect reached Items here her tt at t 10 43 45 ocl o'clock cl this morning Another report Is to tIte t effect that the th on tireTha tire fire The Tha Th extent of or the ha explosion I is lanot not known T Three reo distinct e- e ex explosions are aro ar reported Officers ut of the company and and nd others left leU this city on n a special train at nt 11 o'clock tor for the th scene qt the th dis- dis disaster dis aster r lire 1 ire equipment nt from the theother theother other camps of ot the tho tb Utah uel u J uel company Is being rushed to the scene In addition to the th tire fire apparatus oxygen tank are r be- be beIng In be-In lug Ing r rushed to the th mIne min Expert miner r from Ciar Cl CI ar r Creek Cre k Sunny side aldo ld and Spring Canyon are arc ar en to the th mine win to i In lu the rescue work federal ed edral ral and state mine In- In In made mada mad an a Inspection ot of f the rains ott on n February 13 and dt d clar cia red the tho tb and nd sprinkling ling operation was wa In good shape C U B S gsa gen pill rH ot Of the th lo Ie II Fuel lu uel lcm company y will lIt ta take tali e personal charge ot of the |