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Show MONTANA CM II ABLAZE ' One of the Most Serious Ac I cldcnts In History of Coal Mining In the State. Eight Men Are D'ad, Being Vlctlmt ol the Fatal Wntt Damp That Filled the Corrlderi After lha Fire Started Heroic Work of ReKue Party, Anaconda, ManL One of Ihe moat erloua areklenei In lha hlalnry of coal mining In Montana haa occurred In Ihe mines of it Northern Pacific al Iloeky Krird, nnr Ilea) lislge. Carbon county Klghl men an dead, all vlctlma nl Ihe fatal while damp that filled the rorrldnra of IM mine after Ihn flri) ahlch alarteal tn Wednesday Their bodies have lieen reenvereil. but the story of Ihe wnrk nf rescue parllea It a Ule nf unexcelled bravery and he-role he-role self sacrifice. Of the dead, two were members nf one nf the pardee that entered tho mine In Ihn cirtrt lo reach tho men known to be there. The fire which ranted the trouble, united In Incline. No. ft on Wednctday This wat believed lo he under ronlrnl after a Innis. herd fight. Al 7'JO Thuraday morning Ihn first reacue par ty Marled down Nn 8 Incline, pro-reeding pro-reeding rautlmialy aa It waa found thai there were Hill Iracee nf the fire When they reached a depth nf 1,100 feel all were nmrome. Bevcn man aged to struggle back lo where they mild be reached Hy this tlmfl K ilrntn volume rf moke burst from Nn S Incline and the nlr In No. A waa sn foul that vol miner reectiera warn driven bark At It) o'clock another rescue party waa formed bualneaa and towntpeople vol unteerlng, when tho Klnnlth mlnera held hark terrified. The seenn atrial! Ihe mines beg fared deertlptloa. Frantic women tnd crated men ran about titmperlng he work nf rcae. The teennd vol Inleer parly waa succeaafiil The fans sere reverted nr the smoke forri-d hack nut of No. C Incline In Ihe slopes brattice were made of canvas and water was let In from vein 't The retruera were lei down tlowly In cart They first found Ihe tincon telous forma of all of the first rescue parly, which were hutrleit In Ihn surface sur-face All but two were revived It la believed tlitt lha Injured will entirely recovrr. Kaither down tht Ihe Incline tli tther hodlet were !nund, all beyond hom of restoration ii life deveral of the errond retcuo parly, among then Pllt Hom Mac gerty. were ovrrmma during Ihe day but ware restorer) and llaggtrty lw turned tell. e-rr?a-r -bwio It la ellerrd that al roitlca nave been re iioveil from tbi mine. The work ol Ightlng Ihe fire It now being puihed The ttate rod mine Intpactor and local ofllcera of the company are on ihn crnund and rtiractcrlie lha work )( Iho tvecitera u bravo to the point f foolhardlneat. |