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Show DISASTER 11 WYOMING COLLIERY TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN MINERS KILLED. Caraieaaneat of Miner Cautrs an Ea-ploaion Ea-ploaion Which Ortega Borrow to Many Horrea Jed Great Loia to Property. The vlalt of a miner Into a condemned con-demned entry In mine No, 1 of the Colon rnclftc Coal company at Ilnniia. Wyoming, on Tueniay, resulted In an enploalon whbh rauai-d the death of 51.1 men, Ihe partial di-atpictlon of the mine working by flrn nnd the worm mine horror In the hlntory of Wyoming. Wyom-ing. At Hl:25 o'clock Tucaday morning ft miner walked Into a condemned entry en-try of Iho colliery. The Inntant the accumulated gaaca canto In conlncl with hla lamp a fearful rxploalon occurred. oc-curred. Over two hundred nidi were at work at the time, and of ihla number all perlahed except aliout twenly-ftve. Klra followed the explosion and the moke whlih iMMircd from tho pll'a mouili wna an denae that attempt at rcacue. by the aurface men hatl to bq ibandoned for the time being. At nooii Huperluienil-nt Itrofika and rearue party forcinl their way Into Iho mine. The dciifie amoke rendered :helr progreaa extietnly dirflrult. aa ell aa dnngexnua. and aereral of lha vacuo purty weriaovercome and were tent to the aurface. At 1 o'clock tho rcacuera reached :he Interior workliiKH. ftud cm tho third level found aevernl minora bad ly mangled but living, and a ahort dlHtanee further tho dead hodlca of leveral nthera. Thoae among the living who were able In talk aa!d that the men who were at work further In on (hla level were undoubtedly dead, tho number being placed at over 200. Uiiwllna and l.nramie were at once liollflcd of the dl.xaalor and appeal! for help wern niado to aid In aubdii-lug aubdii-lug the flame and for aurgcona and nuraca to rare for any Injured that might be'rwued. The necne at Ihe mine were heartrending, heart-rending, wlvea and ( hlldren of men who aro known to hnvo been Inalde eagerly hang about thn ahart, kept only by cooler licada from plunging Into the dark abyaa. The' Cnlon I'aclHc railroad, which own the mine, ha all of It extra employeea working; Willi might and main fi rear h the. Imprlaoncd men. Tho flame acem .to tie abntmg and there la hope of getting moat of the bodlca out by morning. The llannn nilnea are among the beat on Ihe V. P. ayalem. huvlng been ealHlilUhed In 1H7S. The town waa named for H.-nator Mnrk llunna aa he wna member of the I'nlno Pnciric Coal compatiy. Mine No. I la prnrllcnlly a new properly ll haa tuenlyalx entrlca. nrt.cn mllea of wmkliiKa and a main Incline abalt of one ami one half mllea In length. The mine baa been rero-nlzcd rero-nlzcd aa a duiiKcrou property for aome time on nicouiit nf ihe largo' nnioiiiit of gaa. but Ihe aynletn of von Illation hna I good that an ac cident waa not anticipated. Two hundred and eighty-two men went down In ihe mine at 7 o'rlock and only foriv-eight liavn been ar counted for Of thla nuiiiher two are d.-ail. It waa aomo time after the exploalon fai-urred that the flrxt man waa brought in tho aurface. lie waa followed by otheia until 1 o'clock when Ihe laal were brought (nit. The rea mora were uunhlo to penetrate fur (her Into the mine until additional opeiilnga had been made to permit freah air to reach the lower level and char away the foul goeca. |