Show EIGHTY SEVEN KILLED MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN MEET DEATH IN AN EXPLOSION chihuahua mexico feb 8 several tona of dynamite stored in an underground chamber of tha san andres mine situated in tha sierra madres to the western part of the state of durango exploded with terrible larce tha whole top of the mountain off and destroying a portion of the village of miners there eighty seven men women and children were hilled and many others badly injured among the killed were herman leuteman superintendent of the mine and fads family electric wires the hoisting passed through the room la which che dynamite was stored and it Is supposed that these wires became crossed thereby causing a fire bet off the dynamite all the killed and injured were located on the surface most of them occupying residences tight over the un workings of the mine and the victims of the catastrophe were blown into ismall isma ll pieces at the time of the explosion there were several hundred miners at work in ithe lower workings of the mine and strange to say none ot them was seriously injured although they were all severely shocked in the terrific force of the explosion they rushed to the suri tace one ot the that was not filled with debris and the sight that met their eyes in the almost complete destruction of the little village la indescribable the san andres mine is the most celebrated eleb rated silver mine in mexico it is valued at it has produced many million dollars worth of ore |