The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1901-02-23
Sixty Canadian Miners Entombed
BY an Explosion Near
Victoria.
ALL ARE BELIEVED TO Be DEAD.
Slim Chance Of Escape tor W 81
the Imprisoned Work
men,
FIRE PREVENTS THEIR RESCUE
Heroic Efforts Heing sfade to Reach the
EntombedSM Mon, Built seems Hope
less-Interior Badly Wrecked
by Explosion.

Victoria, B. c., Feb. 1S.-What is
feared will be one Of the most horrible
mine accidents in the history of the
Dominion took place yesterday fore
noon at the Union mines, owned by the
Yelling Colltery company, OF which
James Dunsmuir, the premier of the,
province, is the principal shareholder.
The Geographic advices received so.
far give no complete history OF the In
cident, but newspaper correspondents
are now hurrying by steamers and tug
boats to the scene, and the full facts
will shortly be ~obtainable.
AS near as be gathered, the ex-
plosion took place at about II o'clock
yesterday in No. 6 shaft, situated In
the village Of Cumberland. There were
sixty men in 1T when the explosion.
took place, inc not one of them es-.
capped, The explosion ignited the mine.
wrecking the shaft from midway down
to the bottom, and filling 1t with q
solid mass of rocks, earth and timbers.
Che first explosion was followed by
several more, while the dense volume
of smoke issuing from the vent holes
indicated that fire, as we'll as gas, was
VIA VI W. lNholh pGto"s .HEl-Er
: AS soon as practicable after the ac-5
cident the men of the morning shift
organized q rescue party. No. s is sit
uated about a mile from No. G, but
the two workings are connected by a
tunnel and through this tunnel an at
tempt was made to help the unfortun-
ate men in the wrecked shaft. They
had not cut their way many yards
through the debris when they en-
r. mi ny.n1 EH n ,n y 1vykfx1, ,.,.lo-zSJ 81 a.
place untenable and compelled the
party to desist.
The hopeless message came back by
telephone to the surface. Overcome at
last by gas ana smoke, they reluctant
ly withdrew from No. 6 and commenced
work in a long cut from No. 4, the only
other means of reaching the men. Work
on tIts was prosecuted with the great
est vigor until abatment of the fire in
No. s enabled them to once more re-
turn there.
The latest news is somewhat encour-
aging, it being stated that the fans are
again working, and that the cage has
penetrated IT'S feet aud is still going
down in No. 8 shaft.
Even should've rescuing party reach
the interior Of the wrecked workings
there Is little hope for anyBefs the men
locked up in the shaft. ny
~ ScCOul SAplOSlOn ONCulIeu III NO. u
shaft at Union colliery last night, butt
had been expected and a lltae men had,
left the workings. This explosion pre-
vents any further attempts being made
to rescue the entombed miners through
No. 5shaft.
A partial list of the entombed men
follows:
w. B. WALKER, leaves a wife and
two children. his two sons. George and
William, being also killed.
JOHN WHITE. miner, leaves a wife
and four children.
THOMAS LORD, miner. single.
JAMES HALLIDAY, miner, single.
DuNNENAN MUNRO, leaves a wife
and large family.
w. S. NEDDEN, miner, leaves a wife
and large family.
PETER BARDEsoN. leaves a wife
and two children.
-- BONO, single.
r. FLICK, married.
ANDREW SMITH, single.
D. NJ. DAVIS, single.
"A. MAFFEE.
D. M'GINNIS.
JIM CROSETTE, single.
JOSEPH ALLISON, driver, single.
GEORGE and WILLIAM WALKER,
drivers.
-- TURNBULL, timberman leaves