The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-27

Rooert Ponyllss and James Ponyilt-,
hroth@rs.
james Krpgy. single.
john Holmes, married
The four men rescued are: VIII G-gus,
slightly bruised; william Booker, co.o-ed.
brgasss ard cut. Frank D-zlyea Badly
burned and may not recover: John Davis.
cosoEed. slfghtly injured. Dave Nolan.
James Turner. John Colgate. colSTeG
man name unknown.
II was 81 arsi thought twelve men bad
been killed IN the mine, but Nolan. IG--
nsr. Colgate and a coiored man were "a
ken out alive Just before usJnignt- II IS
noR thought that the death LIST VIII Dc
reduced 20 eight or nine
1ae men were a. work making repairs
of damages resulting from a SIMILAR e1-
phcssoa last San1ay. Besides she regular
miners and hiackSuirlls. etf1~rs were as
sstzng IN 1hs work. while Robert AAule,
son - Prcssdeut JOAN M8ale and treas
urer and EaBns superintendent of ths ecFr-
pany. was SUpsriatendlng tae work The
n3 ne hAs been IN operation a sl]orI tftfss,
aad fhe air shaft was not quite CON-
p.ete3. and the gas which collects IN Po--
fsans % the ralne waE igzsf<sd ~ al o1ea
larfn.
ore year ago yesterday Princeton was
t@1fant over the striking u q seNsn-foot
coal vein by 5he MaGle COMPANY. Bat
tEBs&EA many nNtHF~ AEN ~ta+It1r "a %aN~N~
seFra~. rnada SO by the awfll explosion
of gas in the mine. When the mlEe aegan
wcrk tae tRezt machinery vas pat 20. and
II wAs the intention % the owners 20
make It the ancst IN the state. The &tT
sbaft Has not started antl after tae miae
ha6 been prepared 20 operate. Work hAs
progressed Slowly ard taeTT are stii aeo&t
niEety feet D eNcaFate pefoTe i % eosil-
uless6. Gas hss FREQ llsut&y accumulated
in ocSets and several msu have been
hrznea by szsan explosions. About tEo
1aaths ago a serious explosion occurred
s. ahseh ore msn was k.i's,i aiass PRANK
Tsrnlne. wEo was i1iarea n tcdgT' = ex-
: esssn. Wzz la5Ers3. TIE state uine In
sreetar Investigated. ard NorE went On
Win a snail force &g EAs vel Aao%n
that x&s 4cs 8mul8led. and tasre Sas no
esy a sgei Z. Fhe rainees wsni - ;sesr
daily work wilncat ihinkiag of the sanger
tnsv were constantly tn- Last SundaE a
tas 81 gas was afe2 ~ 3 blast. and =
nnFnsst a23 nswht III the u6~utrg tae de-
seant ~ she cages forca6 gas to ihis }st-
ard a terrific exrlcsson occurred Agt for
tuaat41y shere vas no ane ir IRE rnire-
TO-DAY sEoe& twenty tnNE weye EMS g7Sl
Ea repairing EAc damage aaae Hw tae eE-
-8esian- @hsn thr Gre Damp aEal1 ZEE 80
wfth erTfae force tNts time wtsA ee4tsls y
eject The rape - PARK - thc men
fra-u Instant death seems almost mfr
aese. wien & ts considered thAt tne huge
eagas wera h1gwu -~1rn Eaf s-xfr -stofu
- the tsp - tne fsa hogss. over Z" feet
snegn. nF ira force - -ae explostar- These
% ~es v~sra wrecked - thev ws~e 1se is-ss.
ARD an froz bucket azs sf1prsT1sed tffr a
ssas-s{1r parSg as sspn a. possible sftsT
ta.@ A4s-tsenf TIE HEgt persons uras1g {
fs we're Tsz~h3e SlEgl and tne coioss~1 men,
pts ana Booker TIE arss was hsstlv
hEsvnei and was csTrtsss 70 an s-1huiznce.
sEr1I zna fav3. WeEa 2peareatit uiai 1liTea
Esskar vas cus ant hITaed. rs tsw
brakea aad ere ere was torn from is
ssckeF-
Thsz ere resrafaE party hezs1 - hTiHE
Go saa giseEA. TIE scenes sFours tha nalne
wera rsazsf pafhatic weeE8HE pitsously in
a~vutsn we-s wives. sno-S the crowd
yztnEv tried 20 comfort MofhsrN &aEgn-
sa-~ sans ard or ressttves - tas Fusl
as tie rafra with bs&nrhss1 faNes stool
wTsnxsnz Fhae3r hsn1s &rA w&tS gre&F 1I-
f-zsfy aagns were ksr,t fr1n gct1z deNn
tssA snaft St8w3w IRE w-S % nEtnglra&
un tnE heasIss fa she szrfar@ rTeessesssss.
II wsz ~ NweA t8EsF fhe men Et1G tn SO
rssaa seeTe al Saa9 sd those aSgTa watt-
- on1w ar thskT dead
state M8re Hasnsrtor Fisher wsa ArT1vs
ssssnar~uT - invasfizaFe Eoa Us4Ster.
TIE waTx 90 tAs reaesers eefEtiSs1es afzT-
fnx sns nsxhg ard @t3 BE- EsEt - ssT -
laws ean1azZDus.v. AuE there hafs Been
20 =.1re noH@s Ge-n6 Saaa - &s2ve sanes
~ss5-ssxeg Meaatirzs tHss ssssE@s aessgE go
Ezfze 1ursax tns asgat beers za0rs sad
As lze ha1es q 1F-