Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-26
FLAMES ROARfD
LIKE WILD DEMONS
SPREAD THROUGH DRY MINE
LIKE POWDER EXPLOSION
ONLY ONE ESCAPE.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. o6.-A list of the
names of the dead in ;ne Diamondvilie
mine horror is now being made up and
VIII be issued in few hours. The fire
was first discovered shortly after the
night shift commenced working Its
cause is not known but the flames made
such progress that only one man escap-
ed from the two entries in which ii was
confined. His name is John Anderson
and he was frightfuly burned in run
ming the gauntlet of the flames He is
unable to give any accauc. of the acct
dent other than ne was suddenly con-
fronted by 2 wall of fire and smoke and
wrapping his head in an overcoat he ran
in the direction of the main entrance.
This first intima ton the miners in the
other entrances had of fire was When
Anderson came rushing into the upper
level. his clothes in flames He fell un-
conscious and was carried to the mouth
of the mine. The alarm was sounded
and hundreds of miners at work in the
mines ana en- the outside rushed to the
rescue of tneir imprisoned comrades.
The fire had by this time made such pro-
chan, bers.
The entire night was spent in combining
the fires to the two entries and this
morning it was necessary to seal them
up in order to prevent the flames from
spreading to other parts of the mine. This
step was only decided upon after all hope
of saving the lives of the men had been
abandoned. Nothing could live five min
~; ,l,, ,.i,,e
in tierceness every minute.
The plugging of the two entries will
smother the fire. but it may be several
days before the barricades can be re-
moved and the chamber explored. SUI
perintendent sheldon has made a care
full count and he believes &c men to
have lost their lives instead of 80, as
reported. as a large number of men are
missing some on sick leave and others
in the hospital suffering from burns re-
ceived while fighting flames. 1t will be
impossible to give the names of the
dead for several hours. The scenes at
the mouth of the mine during the night
and today We're heartrending. Rela-
tives and friends of the entombed min
ers rushed into the mine. frantcally
waving t4 il hands and crying to the
mine officials and miners to save their
dear ones. Many of the women and
children We're slightly injured in the
crowd and by falling over obstacles in
the darkness.
Diamondville has beeen the scene Of
a number of destructive fires since the
coal mines We're opened there ten years
ago, but the conflag rations We're never
attended with serious loss of life.
Almost all of the mines at Diamond
! Willie are owned by the Oregon Short
! Line railroad The output of mine No.
| l is about $4,000 tons of coal per year.
and upward of 100 miners are employed.
| The product is sent to Utah, Idaho,
| Nevada and Pacific coast points, and a
| considerable amount is used by the
smelters at Anaconda.
! Just fourteen months ago today die
this i'll fated mine take fire. which al
! that time was desperately fought anC
overcome by brave men headed by Sup
! erintendent Thomas sheldon. That fire
was greater than this, but this one has
! cost great many more lives, if report:
be true as given at the mouth of the
| mine by men who worked there. TIL,
fire is supposed to have started by mer.
carelessness. sparks dropping on ole
canvas and oil. These are the names o
some who are known to be entonlbe,
behind the fire:
DAMIONIA DEFRANClSrO, single.
Giuseppe ENDRIZZI. single.
SIORDONO MABARDE, single
ATHLEO KUKEI.. single.
GIUSEPPE FRANZOI married.
TORONSO FRANZOI. married.
SANTO FORMOLO. single
BIcKEL KENELA, single.
FLANADO AVAVZINI, married.
ALESSANDRO BARFAGNOLLI. ma
ried.
BORODA ANGELES. married
DOARDO .RORNI, married.
TALMASCIO ROAMA, married
BIISTISA RASOLO. married
JOHN PICkINEN. single.
JOHN AND HEMMENKI TIPLA
LAHTI, brothers.
JOHN PACQCE,N, married.
MAT TASTI'EN.
EMELIAHO RANZRAMTAMA
THOS. SIMPSON and son, IL yea,
old.
HURBURT SIMPSON.
AS soon as the fire was discovered b
a boy driver named James Hetson h
nobly came and told many men of
who We're inside when the fire starte,
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