Show THE DEATH PIT One Hundred and Forty Unfortunates Unfor-tunates Doomed to Suffocation Suffo-cation in a Coal Minot Mino-t Significant Action on the First Ann vcrsary of the Haymnrket BombThrowing Earthquakes am Volcanic Eruption Get In Convulsive Work on Arizona and Mexico Itlluc liifcastcr VicioniA B 0 May LThe Colonist ts Naniaino special says A terrible explosion occurred at No1 shaft of the Victoria lea Cal Companys mine at six oclock last night One hundred and fifty men arc believed to < be i tho mine At midnight twelve were < recovered some dead and others seriousl fatally burned There is but little hop I of rescuing alive any of those yet Jn tin mine A rescuing party went down but owing to black damp was unable to do anything any-thing S Hudson one of the rescuing party died shortly after coming out The mine is now on fire The scene around the shaft is most heartrending A speoial trail with surgeons arrived from Victoria at two oclock this morning The first intimation those on the snrfaci had of the explosion was a terrible shock followed by an outbuast of thick black smoke through the air shaft The firs explosion was quickly followed by a second sec-ond one stronger than the first carrying pieces of wood miners lamps etc hundreds hun-dreds of feet into the air In a few minutes min-utes the flames oommencud to issue througt tho air shaft with a loud roaring noise In a short timo the fan honso caught fire and was quickly consumed In the meantime mean-time nine white men and four Chinese were brought up through No 1 hoisting shaft R Gibson overman miraculously escaped from the lower slope by feeling his way to tho stable where he was met by a rescuing party Rescuing parties continued to attempt to reach the entombed men but were able to rescue only fifteen up to this hour They were overcome with firedam and had to be rescued by others Of those noble rescuers Samuel Hudson succumbed to the effects of the after damp The scenes around tho shafthead is most heartrending Friends of those imprisoned below are looking look-ing for the survivors At this hour 2 p m but little hopes are entertained for the safety of the imprisoned men Tho fire is still raging but it is thought i will soon begotten be-gotten under control A rescuing party will again attempt to go bolow Among thoso saved are George Davis John Smith J Jones James Stone John Lyn and Jules Michael All arc now well mong the dead are W Craven W Davis md AY Watson At C p m the fire is still burning and it ivill be impossible to attempt to rescue before be-fore morning if then The probability is that all the imprisoned miners who number about 120 will perish of suffocation CouvuUlvc Arizona BENSON Arizona May 5Tho volcanic eruption in the Whetstone Mountains is pronounced pro-nounced genuine Parties in on tho train ast night report that fire was seen bursting orth from the mountain Lava and smoke lan be seen from the streets of Benson learly twenty miles from the disturbance No one has vet inspected the marvelous discovery dis-covery but parties are arranging to go therein there-in private conveyances when particulars cane > can-e learned At first it was thought to be the roods on fire but the constancy the burn ng and the appearance at night indicate bat it is a volcano Another volcano is said to be in existence in the Catalina Mountains imoko is now pouring forth from tha Whetstone tone Authentic news this moment comes from iVillcox that another volcano has made its ippearanco in tbo Winchester mountains bout fortyfive miles from here Six distinct met shocks of earthquake have been felt hero since yesterday morning NOOALES Arizona May 5The first earth 1 quake ever experienced in this place oc lurred yesterday afternoon lasting about mo minute Buildings tumbled and people ashed out into the streets Tho excitement for the timo was intense TUCSON Arizona May 5It is believed a rolcano is in active operation in San Jose nountains or on the border of Sonora Mexico about seventy five miles southwest of here Yesterday afternoon the black urling smoke was plainly visible All last light the fires were intermittent bursting nto a bright light and then apparently dy ng down only to burst out again The true tate of affairs is not known yet from private pri-vate telegrams from Fort Huaohuca it was earned that General Forsyth commanding the post would head an investigating ex x > pst Advices from Pantano Critten len Globe and elsewhere show that the arthquako has been general throughout Southern Arizona In Tucson while no erious damage was done there is no part of serous but shows its effects I will be some time before the full effect of the earthquake earth-quake in Santa Catalina mountains can be earned as the range is one of the most most rugged and difficult of access in the Territory IN MEXICO GUAn Mexico May 5At 245 Tues ay afternoon two earthquakes were felt lire with short intervals lasting altogether n few seconds Direction cast and west No damage reported so for though all tho looks stopped running Similar shocks clook were felt along the lino of the Sonora Rail way The following is from tho agent at Torres tation One minute after the first quiver ing sensation the highest cliff of the Chivato mountain fell causing a cloud of dust to ise like the smoke from the explosion of a wgo amount of powder From tho station it had the appearance of a volcanic eruption erup-tion ionThe shocks were also felt at Ures and Alamos in Sonora and at Mocorito in inaloa It damaged the church and averal buildings were cracked at Ures A onion of the western side of Cape Haro tbe entrance to Guaymas Bay fell in the Onl Tho lighthouse is uninjured IN TEXAS Eii PASO May 5 Besides the big shock at I 315 p m Tuesday there is ample testimony that at lest four other shocks have been felt ono about 1 a m Tuesday and one about C p m The one at 630 last evening was felt very distinctly by persons on tho second floors of buildings and gas fixtures and other moveables were seen to sway The shock seemed to be of four or five seconds sec-onds duration Many persons say there was also a shock between 8 and 9 oclock Tuesday Tues-day night That of Tuesday afternoon was a heavy one said U 8 Signal Officer Twaddle Twad-dle I would have been called heavy even on the Pacific Coast where light shocks are frequent Such a shock a that experienced here yesterday is not felt on the Pacific Coast oftener than onco in fifteen or twenty years ear The general opinion seemed to be that the I shock would lead to more substantial building build-ing and perhaps prevent the erection of many buildings over twostories high 1 |