The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-11-02
TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
MEN IN THE MINES WILL BE
CREMATED.

Sixty Are Dead Dust Causes the
Bisaster-Fire Adds to the s
Horror-other News. 4
Trinidad, Colo, Oct. 2S.--Fhe
most terrific explosion in thehisto-
ry of coal mining in Colorado oc-
CURED at mine No. 8, of the Rocky
Mountain Fuel & Iron Company,
al Tercio, 40 miles due west of Trim
idad, at 1:30 this afternoon, and
the number of dead is variously
placed between 20 and go men, al
though the latter, it is believed, is
the most correct estimate. The
number reported as having gone
into the mine this morning was II
miners and four company men.
This afternoon many more miners
are known to have gone into the
mine, and the exactinumber Of dead
may never be known, as the mine
is burning and in all likelihood the
bodies will be cremated.
A large number of mine officials
left here as soon as word of the ac-
cident was received. Company
doctors were picked up all along
the line, as we'll as all other avail.
able physicians. United States
Government Stock Inspector F. j.
Foreman was at Tercio when the
plosion occurred. He returned
here tonight and gives the follow
ing account of the affair:
81 was standing not more than
300 yards from the mouth of the
tunnel when the explosion oeourr
ed. The explosion was preceded
by low rumbling sound resemb'
ling Fan earthquake, which made
tthe earth tremble ard startled The
whole camp. !,
II looked toward the mine and
out of the mouth of the tunnel ane
two air shafts came q great volum,
of smoke and dust, which flontfn6i
ed for nearly minute. Out of the
two air shafts, each Of which Ii
seven feet in diameter, timbers thai
were fully two to three feet in di
ameter we're shot into the air ant
broken into splinters. Rocks wer'
thrown over the camp for distanc
of quarter Of a mile. In fact, i
rained rock, broken timbers ant
;all kinds of broken debris for full,
a minute, and many people .wer
injured by being struck with thes
mis-. lies.
Immediately after the explosion
which was for all the world like
volcanic eruption, there was th
widest excitement. Men, womel
and children rushed to the moutl
of the tunnel and women who's
husbands were in the mines had
be brought away by miners 70 kee
them from being killed by deadl
fumes from the mouth of the tun
. nell"
The shaft in which the acciden
occurred works 80 men, and it i
{ believed that at least go men wer
in the mine at the time. News o
the explosion brought assistanc
from the adjacent camps and to
night hundreds Of men are tryin
ito get into the mine. Deadly fume
overcome the rescuers frequently
lbut their places are immediatel
taken by others ready to risk thei
lives. 1t is not thought possibl
that anyone in the mine can escap
death, if they are not all dead a
ready.
1t Is impossible to secure name
of the dead and injured to nigh
Nearly all the miners employed al
Slavs. The mine is a new one, OF
ened a year ago, and extended 200
ft. into the.bill. The.explosion is''sul
posed to have been caused by dus
Only one body has been recovered
that of T.. Duran, a driver, VIII
was just entering the tunnel whe
the explosion occurred. He We
torn and burned almost beyond RI
cofnition. All mineswithin radiu
of two miles have been shut dow1
i, and the miners will assist in reset
ing the bodies of the victims.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 2S.-"Th