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Show SEVEN DIE IN COAL MINE 1 Premature Explosion of Dynamite Is Cause of Fatalities Windber, Pa., April 10. Seven miners: min-ers: were killed, several slightly injured, in-jured, and many narrowly escaped as a result of a premature explosion of dynamite in mine No. 37", of the Ber-I Ber-I wynd-YWilte Coal company, one-half m'le from here last night. - -The explosion" occurred Just as the dny shift was going off duty, and that the death list. Is riot larger. 1b accounted ac-counted for by the fact that the men were near the mine's mouth. The dead and injured were part of a party of twelve miners, who. " throughout '.he day, had been working at the j fourth heading, drilling holes preparatory prepara-tory to setting off shots. Lying about tnem were about 200 sticks of dynamite. dyna-mite. The usual warning had been given, and it was thought; the men were on their way out when the current cur-rent w as turned on There were two explosions, the second one causing the fatalities. Clouds of du6t and smoke poured from the mine's mouth, enveloping en-veloping the retreating figures; groans and moans came from its depths. A3 soon as it was safe to enter, rescue paities made their wav to the aid of the entombed men. All of the bodies were recovered. . |