The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-23
IIICT N The MINE HORROR
= - r. cExsuRED For IssA-
aUAH NINE FIRE.
!. s.xs the Five Victims Came to
~s.s~ Death From Black Damp,
-.-.A Primarily by = Forest
- Wear AIR shaft Entrance.

- ,,tsnatch to the Post-Intelligcncer.
@foIlH. Aug. "a coroner's jury
y z.-sssa IN irauire into the violent death
~ miners In the Issaquah Coal Conn
.s .ntnss at this place late tonight
<stt n A verdict of accident, censur-
40 Sz5,cav. The inquest consumed but
~. ,sr.e' Tho Jury. however, remained
-. .~--rsl hours. agreeing just before
z..s~ts s,r Jurors, including one coal
z-- - IN the case. The following Is
20. ~,hrfance OF the verdict:
~ en6 that the above mentioned men
y. - their death from black damp.
--,.,ed IN afr shaft No. 4. which caught
~ : forest fire In close proximity TO
~ snfrante OF said air shaft"
1Srss Il possibility that King county
- fseone involved in any damage suits
-saelnr from the accident. The jury. II
: 1900. believed that road contractor
"a ~ county started the brush FIRE. and
- ~e time censure OF the county, II III
49, enariinc has been here since
sssss{sv evening, but would not proceed
mi Nina Inspector Owens arrived. The
~ Xi6 not como until $50 O'Clock to-
~ although notined OK tne accioeht
dry afternoon,
~ new Facts Developed.
-. facts developed by the testimony
~ but little from those given In the
.fnteIllgencer this morning. The pre-
S1Fsnce Of tho evidence was that the
& ~ Jared at the top OF the air shaft and
1871 downward. An effort was made by
1S11si Of the employees Of tho company.
SSkfy superintendent George A. Brooke.
\ xaw that II was not absolutely GER
-, fkaf the fire had started at the top,
& Il Z. Fouts. timber foreman tor the
61ny, whose duty II Ia 10 see that the
- "A NJ 4
y ala positively that when he visited
y mouth Of the shaft yesterday three
~ ~ tilnbers had been burned out, and
~ ths trail Of the brush IRE could be
- IeadiRg up to the lower side OF the
TblA Of = Brush Fire.
4 leuia Becker. n miner who was at the
1K 81 the air shaft among the first
2@1f the accident, also testified to having
2i1 yesterday plain traces OF brush
70 It the top OF the excavation.
NM Inspector Owens confined himself
6noGt wholly to cross-questtonin& the
11oesses, for the purpose OF determine
r. how the IRE started. with the result
1eofed He also devoted some time to
&1ouIDtlng to ascertain whether the VIC
- 81 the accident were duly notified OF
~ witnesses. many Of whom were
ni11sp. who had hair breadth escapes from
n Rack damp yesterday. were unani-
49, IN saying that all In human power
~ done TO save the lives OF the miners
- perishcd.
Warning was Gives.
nnGhie Lindsay. boy yet In his teens.
mployed as a track cleaner IN the mine,
lm1Ifled positively That he called up 70
1IUast No. t66. and that they shouted back
y him, although he did not understand
11At they said.
Tho damp was down In the gangway
MI" he said, land don't know wheth.
y they had time to get out. They were
Drotty far up. $50 feet. maybe"
nupt Brooke testified positively thai
4Sry care was used TO guard against nc.
mutations OF comburtible refuse at this
1Duth OF the air shaft How the frs
nFted he said could never be definitely
Mown. He said that tho person who
|nRted thu nre IN the woods above ths