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Show GAS EXPLOSION IN JUMBO COAL MINE ANTI.ISRS. Okla., Nov. -JS. Thirteen Thir-teen miners were kllle-d in an explosion explo-sion at the Jumbo mine, twenty miles from here, today, aud one of tho fourteen four-teen men In the workings of tho mine at the time wad brought out alive. I'll' H unconscious tonight F1o men were blown to the mouth j of Hie shaft by the force of the ex-pbsloii, ex-pbsloii, ami Iho other nine were entombed en-tombed at depths varying from 2" fret to 'J00 feet The bodies of eight v ere. taken from tho mine tonight after rescuers had dug In the workings work-ings all day. The Dead. J W. CARPICNTKU. KDWARI) PALMER. CHARLES SELF. HKNRY SELF. DAN McCAKTH. J. W. GOULD. KAURIS IX TOM STEPHENS. OLKN MA LONE WILLIAM HAWKINS .1 X. Gl LLEN WATER. WILL BROWN. W. Z. JONES Tho survivor U Gerald Roberts. All Were Married Men. Every man who lost Ills life or was entombed was married A large crowd Is waiting at the mouth of Hie mine while workmen are digging to recover the bodies of the nine men burled Tho explosion Is believed to have been caused by g;ts Ignited from the lamps of the men. Fifteen minutes after the explosion news of the disaster had reached thl-t city, and physicians, nurs'.s and cltl-z cltl-z ns were hurrying to the scene. Tho mine has been worked for ten vars and Is- the property of the Choctaw Choc-taw Asphalt company of St Louis |