Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-07
HUNDREDS
PER|SH|N
BURNING
MINE

tConIinned from Page I. Column 49,
the most slender hope Is entertained
for the survival 90 ans one Of the men
in the milne until the debris can be
cleared awsy and communication
With the outside r-e-cstabiished. The
mines regularly employ one thousand
2 working IN two shifts. 500 during
the day aud five hundred during the
night. and the best Information OBJ
talnablu al this time j. that the entire
day force had gone to work his
morning and that ail were caught. IL
was shortly after 70 o'clock whem the
explosion occurred. and al that hour
even the latest Of the struggling force
Is eustomariiy al work. according o.
mine Officials. Beyond these figures
the company officials do NOT attempt
20 give an estimate The general
opinion in the toxin : that the number
of dead ana Imprisoned viii reach
soc. 4 Few persons believe thu num-
beg viii be exceeded. claiming Ia
more than half or the total force
worked during the DAY. while on the
other hand some think the number
win be smaller. The most conserva-
tive estimate places the number 81
NiAAiHns at 900 or more.
Tn rescue work Is progressing very
slowly The mine Is too fun II gas
20 permit the rescuers 60 enter fur
Their than a few feet from the out.
side
Il i said that the explosion started
~ shaft No s and spread 10 No s.
the two being connected. but the fire
travelled 50 rapidly that the miners
we're otertaken before they could
'esea the surface. IL Is more than
likely that those working Ia shaft No. 4
s heard the explosion iu No 6 and
knew the meaning Of q. but the Sec
after.
4 second report D. that the first ex.
plosinn was q boiler in SHAFT No. S..
ana that the fire spread from No s
Ga Ne s.
some idea ~ the force or the ex-
piusian may De gained from the fact
lnat props in one 81 the shafts were
blown q mile away and hurled acros.
the vest fork ~ the river. The wires
an down.
h explosion WAS heard FOR FORTY
MILES around. n window glasses
we're broken ten miles away The
country Is nocking toward the +.
scene 81 disaster The families % the ,
rntombed miners are towering about Z
me smoking shafts women are Weep
Tor husbands % SONS. aud chill d
iren cling o. their skirts crying
Many of the miners homes near
'he mines are wrecked as "a result ~
ne explosion. and this makes % har-
ible situation worse
The three bodies recovered 4r.
burned 30 badly that they can not be
Identified
Smoke continues Goo pour from The
jagged shafts and DO b. feared that
.he mines have taken fire.
several mon were practically blown
lut ~ milne \ ID 8 through air holes
ma escaped with q rev bruises. Their
.srape was miraculous
The latest estimate places the num-
'er IN the mines 90 thc time al ths
'xplosinn at $50
The miners who ESCAPED death
'nd began the rescue WORK as soon j
is t1e' recovered FROM tire shock
were relieved at tht rescue work 4
81 TIRE arrival 90 thu relief Train
Nhich brought fresh men % continue =
he work :
ree be,ies were taken from
Nv mine at z o'clock an of the five
ills ON recovered were Amer
h'af ~ charies Honakrr
snlErt suvuv Them
'a ualHs are in fe4dIrr-. 10
a ta- founded 10 an arc mon
4eaf b. fhe hospital at Pitts o
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rN -I.n. hlt tho most .N
fel theory H- aha. Do zee h
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