| Show FATAL MINE EXPLOSION Two Men Killed in the Gilnon Asphaltum Mine I Itharlen Andrarpon or fishicy null Andy Uara or Irk CII pre KlllrilThrrr 41thrrm Train irive I rali Mosiiiilril Price Utah Nov 24A heavy es 110 Ion occurred at the bt louls titan Asphaltum companys mine three miles front Tort Duchesnr at 3 30 this afternoon after-noon In which two men were killed and three other slightly Injured The killed are Charles Anderson aged 30 of I Ashley I tab and A Italy Cams ol 1ark City Utah Anderson leave a wife and lour young children darns Is 1 unmarried Both were working In the mine when the explosion occurred The Injured are three freighters front Price Utah named Warren and lluncc the name 01 the other not lilnr known They were standing about ISO yardt Irom the mine and were struck by fly ing timbers Their Injuries are very light The eiploslon was terrlfl the report being heard distinctly at Vernal thirty miles away All the bulldlngi at hart Puschcne were shaken and man uf the window glasset broken The explosion was caused lay the combustion of asphattum dust and ga The mine Immediately took fire The heat u at to Intense that It Impossible to get near It llamet rising fruits all three ol the shafts one hundred ltd In the air nnd there It I no possible way nl I extinguishing them It Is not probable that the bodlri it Anderson and Garni will ever be recovered re-covered as they mutt have been cremated crema-ted bj the flimci The entire command from the fort were mounted and hurried to the scene ol disaster but were unable to render any assistance The nearest water It two miles dlstanceand lilt were possible to turn the Duchcnse liver Into the mine It It doubtful II It would extin UIA tu I gulih the flatness At 6130 alter r burning three hours It show cd no signs ol abate II inent1 If 11 a 00 11 9 1 001 r or ca U we in no super n tendent and Tom Taylor manager were returning Irom Salt Lake where I they had been lummoned at witnesses In a ulllor damage caused by similar explosion about two years ago They have not yet reached the mine I J = 1 |
