Coalville Times | 1901-10-04 | Page 2 | Seventeen Coal Miners Lose Their Lives in an Explosion at Victoria, B. C

aevealeea Caal Mlaere l-u. Tlielr Uvea to aa Kaeloelee at V Merle, U. U. fleventeen men are dead aa the reault of a Bra and eiploelon In mine No. t, belonging to the Wellington Colliery company at Victoria, II. C Tucaday. The flamna etarted from a curtain which caught Ore from a mlner'e lamp. In half aa hour the whole elope wee oa fire. Keaeue partlea entered the mine and reached the place where lha miuere had been at work, but the men had gone, running with the freeli air Indeed of agalnat It, In an attempt to get out by the accuatonied route, time meotlng death half way. While the rvacuera were at work the mine ex plod-ad, plod-ad, hlocklug them, and exploaloue continued con-tinued all fternoon and evening.