The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-27
A FIRE in A MINE
AT DiamondviIIe, Wyoming, Caused
the Loss Of Tweniy.six Lives.
BODIES STILL in THE MINE.
Only One Man Escaped from the
Scene Of The Fire.
THE TWO ENTRANCES TO THE MINE
Had TO Be Sealed Up 10 Prevent the
Flames from Spreading.
THE PROPERTY LOSS IS VERY LARGE
A Large Number OF Men in the Hos
pital SUFFERING from Burns Received
THE TWO ENTRANCES TO THE MINE
Had TO Be Sealed Up 10 Prevent the
Flames from Spreading.
The PROPERTY LOSS IS VERY LARGE
A Large Number OF Men in the Hos
pital SUFFERING from Burns Received
While Fighting the Fire.

Cheyenne, wyo.. February 2e.--The worst
wyoming since the Amy horror. eight
years ago. occurred at Diamondville last
night, when Are broke out In mine No.
Of the piamondvillc Coal and Coke COM
pany, attended with great loss of life and
destruction of property. Twenty-slx min.
ers nerished and their charred bodies are
attn In the mine. A list of names of tho
dead has not yet been completed.
The fire was discovered shortly after the
night shift commenced work. It's cause
is not known, but the flames made such
progress that only one man escaped.
His name is John Anderson and he was
frightfully burned In running the gauntlet
of the danes. He is unable TO give any
account OF tho accident other than that
he was suddenly confronted by wall OF
Are and smoke, and wrapping his head In
an overcoot he ran in the direction of tho
main entrance.
The first ntimntion the miners In tho
other entrances had OF the fire was when
Anderson came rushing into the upper
level, his clothing in flames He fell nn-
conscious and was carried TO the mouth
hundreds Of miners at work In the mlncs
and on the outside rushed 10 the rescue OF
their imprisoned comrades The IRE had
by this time made such progress that IL
was impossible TO enter the rooms for the
flames The entire night was spent In
conhnng the DIRE 10 the two entrances, and
this morning Il was necessary 70 seal them
up 10 prevent the flames from spreading
10 other parts of the mine. This step
wns only decided upon after all hope Of
saving the lives of the men had been
abandoned. Nothing could live i've mtn-
utes In such n fire. which was Increasing
In ncrconess every minute.
The plugging OF the entrances win smoth-
or the flames, but 1t may be several days
before the horrIcndcs can be removed aud
The chambers explored. superintendent
sutton believes twonty.siX men lost their
lives. Instead Of hfty, as has been report
ed, as large number Of men are missing,
some on sick lenyc aud others In the hos
ptal suffering from burns received while
| fighting the flames.
Damondyllle has been the scene OF n
number Of disastrous Ores since the mines
were opened ten years ago, but the CON
dagrations were never before attended
with serious loss OF HE.
Almost all the mines at Diamondville
are owned by the Oregon Short Line rail-
road. The output OF mine No. l is abont
$4,000 tons OF coal per year and upward
OF 100 miners are employed,
Later IT is learned that there are thirty.
six men entombed. The lives OF all the
Victims were certainly extingulshed within
three minutes Of the fire gaining the as
cendancy. AT this evening the fre was
believed 10 be under control,