The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-10

gsisgssys are Continually kept vet. be- IA
the breasts suca . precau.ion cannot
always be had. More or less dust aecarnu-
istes. and rheu q shot Is fred u il liab.e
80 become i<nEtsd. but severe explosions
are very rare An explosion causes the
dnst 10 rise. and the gsses meeting the ire
Of the explosion ignite and conrnssson
results.
s0xx wIsAcrL0rs EscAFEa
There we're many miraculous escapes
from death. the most remarkable Of which
are those Of Archie Hutchinson. q one
armed boy who 10 q driver, and bis
brother. Robert Hutchinson. a miner.
Archie vas driving his mule toward
breast thirfy-Eve. when IN moment he
became aware that . sheet Of lame vas
approaching. With rare presence OF mind
be flung himself backwards into the
empty car and covered his face with lis
coat. Robert Hutchinson sought safety
behind . timber. and neither Was burt,
but the mule was roasted TO death in q
second. Davy Poseii. f5year-old boy.
vas trapper a. breast thirty-hvs, and Was
just inside the trap door. within i've feet
of the chute. being directly in The face Of
the explosion How he escaped death he
eannos tell. but he got off with severe
burns about the face, neck and hands.
Dobson. who Is supposed TO have set the
blast. had climbed down and was some
distance away In the gangvay.
HOW Hg EscAPEp ALIVE
Mar Kings hands and arms were liter
ally cooked. but be il thankful that he
sescaped alive. Telling about the acci-
dent. he said:
II saw the FIRE coming about 500 feet
away and fell on my face with my hands
protecting my head. Instantly felt the
fire sweep over me and could feel the
hesh Of my hands and arms burning and
sizzling and cracking. The pain was ex-
cruciattng. but | did not dare remove
them, for then l knew nv head would be
burned and | would lie done for 1t all
happened so quickly don't know much
about It, 1t seemed an age before the fire
passed. I'm mighty glad escaped alive"
THE DAMAGE TO THE NINE
The news OF the accident, reached Seat
tie almost immediately. and the Columbia
& Puget Sound train which left at 40
o'clock conveyed General Superintendent
Corey. Coroner Horton and q Posr-IsrEr-
LIGKscEK reporter TO the scene. Assistant
Superintendent Anderson had already
been IN the mine overseeing the putting
out OF fires along the gangways, should
they have caught in the tagging, and re-
moved the dead mules to the top. In all
twenty-five mules are worked on the
level. but the others we're beyond the inn
mediate influence Of the flames and
escaped injury. The Seattle party went
do~n into the mine this evening. The evi.
dences of the explosion were everywhere
visible. timbers scattered along the gang
way, damaged chutes and other indica-
tons OF disorder being seen. Thirty men
were then at work clearing away the de-
bris and preparing the mine TO commence
work
When the burned men were brought out
they were taken to house 73, which the
company has improvised as a hospital, and
were attended by DIR. George H. Sparkling,
the company's resident physician. Most
of the injured were returned to their
homes. their families preferring to take
care OF them. Mine Inspector Edmunds
will be here IN the morning and aid DIR.
Horton in holding an inquest. This
evening the coroner signed subpenas for
fifty Of the men who were in the immedi-
ate vicinity OF breast thirty-6ve when the
explosion occurred.