, 1875-02-08
Burning Of a Coal-Mine at
Usage City, Kan.
Thirfy-two Persons Imprisoned by Fire in
tlle Boxels Of Tho Earth.
Their Wonderful I;scapc-.-Inci-
dents Above anu Below
Ground.

s.ula a'ia hleady town. tho great throb Of anguish
INV aAll4Y oeadehed alt HE hero Int to tho oho
tniU. tue frisltful Hiioek lilo aruutzitr, Blis.
t.ense, and joyful elimination, all uupearn moro
aa n t1ro,dfni ,,;,b+n,-o t,,,, ,a,,,., ...,;,,
IT,, s . hs.4". '.. .1.',' aesaa' le''is
41ass ''7 very inception IN INC interests ti'r~
| sluro became to Atiille kansas an Scranton 10
I'eni,sYIyauia and lin crcat coal rnoo,. ot t,a
Eor.,,'ua vt,.a ,,.~s ii, - ~. =. NAo
roc ''."'o 14''o At' ast'ieo ~ 'f'o iFom
eoo 10 oou strong, ssItuy men, who III tho howels
Of tho earth tlelye, the day lung emerging from
tho narrow ,IIury burrows of tHo 1n;nc Mt t,iv,t
nn,. y, r.+rr, ti,a r,xt ,,o.,; ,rE,.,-.
IT, - %"' A'@' 'uo'A''e' ANeee 'n'a a's
Aos LUG Inost paft'
HEADS or FAMILIES,
tl1cir plain hut neat habitations dottnr tho
evenly rolling pr,jrie land nm o5t,cr s;,, ~ t,,o
,a,1.o., ..1 .,, -. a. , y. Ao
soA 'A"s ~pa'''H sNi'"ha .no A'I''h
region. bnflng 1he long day tue wlveB, moth
crB, md children Of tho miners husy themselves
az bcat suits homo duties. seeing husband ro,,
ar fathcr ~ ,,o ~ aso NAV bo o,,,,. az ami,
| .-... 1:.. ' ~ c' a. t'I''' "''a
'n"rnihe' ulnhof beng to4ch IN TUG nlaca way
down where stle Huh never peora. 1ear nfter
year hare tho mon gone dowu at morn and
aBcepJed ut 1,irl,t III tteady AZ eloek-work ntth.
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nj s;dna man wncn a,,n eI';,rnn t5,,,1in., aG.
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sn,, Tn,eEa + ssmtn ia HeS tanl nil ~ ,no
hrnn TLa ,,r;ns,m - '3'A 'o'' ~ 'A'
v.1rr, .or
to be asked for tho hfe-cirlue .vater. aud will,
| al, has,c ,,n,.he Il was nI,nnnrea f'1vu tna
sG,ft Just al In. tina wien t,1o mai ,.,<,vn
| wara nonrn, i, fla x.,er,nI sa1t a.. rs,a+,Iv ~,
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iorad ",,11 i',nen ihai,,r .,,,t ~ t 49, w.
md s1nora .,nrrI nv ira l7l,rEenet 1,v sn,nia
a TIL ,y,trp auJ sst. T,. "
Ionc. r"ach,d Tia od"" ~ to a,,nft "1,i .n.ra a.
nj tho yery throsholti of lito vnmId hnrn ssni,
LacE IN dan ~, ia mt aagar h,nIs ,1r..,a,1 -,
| Sav'vI thn innnar Eor uoo,pI +s .,ran.I ,
hi n,i t,,mn Inn linn 1,r,nn i'm Liayn" smn1e'
me .}1aft foriIv n1tnvirtr liar ovca tIat ioid
tbsm Of tits inan'n coming alira fr,m suol
| vince Tho ua.t recnnl aIml
r4urn nl:EsrtnSa
| fail fro,n norvonu i,.,a 9VEot ~ h;o ,o,,roao,
| tI,nt tia crowd hava .nntar ~ vii y, - m,
of httuc far Ionca lnr in tl,o arms of hia fra,,1.
| IN n deat1 faint HoW In ercareI iii, III. i;fo
tronri, lilo ~ mi otoal hv ~, l. .t;iI in,,taI
,,non o. nn1t tn n mrar,o 1fsnr tha IN, ,nonth ~
lin sI,.ft IN ,ta fnnI tero ran n 1,,lo ta1ar ~
aud down which the miners nassn} ,yIen mi
MIN. t1a tf;stinr.c,,t m th;a laa1a~ 1ones
ry,sI'e1 In ,nnmrs1t ha ,cnyne,, i,;. ,".,, sud
fi,n,uI lin tInmna .rorrhoI h;tn oni lin ,"s.o
| hs;rttnl oua ri,nl:n3 i,in, tLo ,ar- ioalx ;tlS
cn Arc ha rsnrn. ti,n actrh o,,ova NY r;,n ~
,nrtnr.i Enrn, ito atstaa t,a',,a,,t thut thn @ "'
9'Sset"s ''A-''' x.rrn nm s.,T ''1' VIZ
oun,tod 5ou, ,i,o sI,aft -, ot,a,oo,,o.,1, .o,o.,
b1 la "n,sra. tI'at ot a,t o,e1 y e,s ~
s"tor n- fsIp nn',, ,,,, t"t a. ~; 1,ep t.1
l1, ana 1a ''T.to h W . Jun' ~ 'n ~" a.!
rnvsne i'm n nm n,ar. erort ft,1 ~ nead .a.'i
mi htar. snoarad ,, NM axn t'e tnn
viz .nuno,a da ~. t,os tuHh auo.D 'ur
.nuuo'.. aaae.' n s. ~ a15 ono eo'6 ~ taa 44o
aes w nSa Ivy Ju'tn r. "vuu uaso nefel
i.', a,1a In ~ WILL stu st h = u ns
coming t!soAS aooss ~on1n !.as9 ceasou throwing
"stet anu sAl1' A.a ttus iol' nta .ne easy prey
~ tnu na ill.,, :. ae TIC