Show INQUEST REVEALED TERRIBLE METHODS juby 10 r an inquest into the fatal coal alne explosion ot of last week ha raye aled a terrible picture of the archaic methods of 0 mining in vogue in russia and the utter alb al pence of inspection it has been a matter of common knowledge for years past that the Rit mine was dangerous tile the workmen named it i toe tiie inferno because of the prevalence of stifling gas in the workings and they would only consent to go down for double wages the explosion itself was not of great force and a majora majority ty of the throe three hundred men who 10 kw their lives were burned to leath death or suffocated by afterdamp after damp it IL would have been possible to save but about a dozen below it if prompt moa measures hai had been taken ae fully ona anft hour elapsed after the explosion before the che flames broke out during this dourthe hour the rescuing party waited with folded hands for information as to how bow and where they were to 00 acl end immediately after tva me explosion the one engineer recklessly descended tho the main shaft without a mask he was overcome by the damp and brought to the che surface he had to tep be revived after which he be drew a rough sketch of the interior of the nine and it was on this that the rescuing party went ahead no other plans of the to be had it was learned also that i vital parts of the alte ep anesi had been stolen and after the first day anter had to be passed into the shaft ir in buckets |