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Show 00 NO SPRINKLING DONEJN RHINE TRINIDAD, Colo., Dec. 14. Six Slav miners, all of whom wore employed at tho Delagua mine of the Victor American Fuel company at the time the explosion, which killed seventy-nine seventy-nine men occurred, today testified at tho coroner's ino.tie6t that they had never Been any sprinkling done in the mine and that great quantities ofduat had accumulated prior to the explosion. explo-sion. Several testified that no dust had been hauled out of the mine for months. John Somlcsch, who was rescued alive, declared that three feet of dust covered some haulways. He also stated that the men smoked while at work In tho mine. This testimony was at variance with other witnesses, who testified that the mine had been kept well moistened. |