Show lIVES OF I MINERS SAVED I BY WARf iNG I I Twenty six Are Caught In Workings and Are Killed CLuth DUnG Wa W a a March lar 20 Three eo Three men are arc known knO to base o o 1 been n entombed today when hen un an e of ot gas gM ecke ecken n a section of Penshaw mIne o o I 1 on amon creek near nar I a II a Other Oilier miners insy base been trapped In III the lUngs It SilLs as said mid BLUEFIELD W Va March farch 29 rho The presence of ot mind o of ofT ofT T J 3 Dason Daisson Daw son who three weeks ago co became become superintendent of ot the tho Coal company at 1 lukon ukon IV W Va today Is cred- cred credited cr ltd d-ltd with saving the th lives of minors miners r In No No- 1 mIne mm yesterday when an on explosion claimed the flies of ot 26 2 soon men In Mine MIn No Na 2 Only six Ix of the tho th men In No Xo 2 mine escaped When the th blast came cam Dawson was s near the th en- en enIry entry en entry try Iry leading bet between eem the th two mines Realizing wOnt bAt had bad hap hap- happened happened hap happened he h rushed Into 1 to worn warn the th mOn men there Some Som ot of these thee workers were Injured hen they were knocked Smocked do down n 1 by y the force torce of ot the explosion All the th bodies of ot the th I Were recovered last lut t trout from the thie mine which was s the tue scene 0 of a 0 similar disaster In 1819 1919 ti hen henI I 18 I lii lives os es were wore snuffed out Res Ites Rescue I cue work wa was at nt first done dona don by teams from nearby mInes and later lOoter was Isas Is in m charge charr of the crew ot of the United States Slates bureau u of ot mines rescue car ear from Nemours Officials of ot the tho th com corn company pony pang and mine min inspectors Inspector who wha have been in the th mine min since sine the I blast blost believe the th explosion was caused cosed by the th head lamp lampo of af throe three minors miners who wh took tok a short shortcut shortcut shortcut I I cut gh th an abandoned abandon d work work- work inc ling log to th their lr places place of at work I 00 op |