Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-29
MANY MINERS KILLED
Two Hundred Men EntOmbed by Explosion
in Coal Mine in Prussia.
HUNDRED AND THlRTY-TWo KNOWN DEAD
Fifty-Tive Injured Taken Out, Thirty Five
Of Whom Will Die
FIRE lNTERFEREs WITH RESCUE WORK
eeoond Explosion in Which Number of
Relief Party Are Hurt.
CONFLICTING REPORTS AS TO ITS EFFECTS
Statement That Total Number of Cas-
uaIties VIII Reach Three Hum
dred-Mine Property of
Government.

2S,-A fire damp explosion occurred this
morning In the Reden coal mine at ST.
Johann-On-Saar. opposite saarbrueck. and
caused the loss Of from 100 TO 200 lives
The mine is owned by the Prussian gov
ernment.
Up 90 O'Clock this evening sev seven
bodies had been brought out T. six
corpses were known to be u, q. 4.
Only nifty live men have been b %zh>
and Of these the doctors say at lea p, r
five will die, as they are fright,
Jured through having been hurled az IE
the walls of the galleries by the force e
the explosion,
An official report given out this evening
says the number of dead cannot exceed
Immediately after the explosion rescue
workers were hurried from all the ada
cent mines and boldly entered the Reden
shaft In great numbers.
The work OF rescue has been greatly
hampered by the poisonous gases result
ing from the explosion and by fierce fire
that broke out Immediately afterwards.
This caused efforts at rescue to be sus-
pended and the workers had to be ordered
out Of the mine.
After all the rescuers had reached day
light, according TO one version. a second
But. according to another report, many
of the rescuers were still below when the
second explosion occurred and It is es-
tiuated that the casualty list from the two
explosions reaches total OF 300.
It ls regarded az certain that the lowest
levels Of the mines are completely wrecked
and the inspectors are celebrating upon
further measures to get control OF the fire.
The managers are discussing the advisable
fly OF flooding these levels as the only
means OF extinguishing the flames 1t is
belived that all the men who were I'm the
lower levels Rssuredly are dead. II VIII
take full week to enter and explore the
mime
SIX Hundred Men in Mine.
The disaster occurred 1850 feet under
ground aud is one and . quarter miles
from tho floor Of the shaft. II is the
greatest mining catastrophe ever known in
the eaar regtor. About 800 men entered
the fafne FOR tho day shift, but about 400
Of them escaped through the Bildstock
shaft. which communicates with the Reden
underground. AT a late hour tonight II
was still uncertain how many workmen
still were IN the mine. the reports beins
conflicting. The entrance to the galleries
underground IL blocked with dead horses.
Most Of the bodies brought to the sur
face are mangled beyond recognition
The mine inspectors this evening ordered
the resouerS TO return to their homes, bui
ia hold themselves in readiness for further
ordsrs
Iamperor william has ordered that a fun
report OF the disaster be sent him
President Faller1es. Foreign Minister
Pichon and the municipal council OF PariI
have telegraphed Emperor william eD
pressing the sympathy OF France I'm the
saarbr,ieck disaster and recalling the gen
erous assistance given by German miner
at the time Of the Courrieres catastrophe
Explosion An French Mine.
LENS, France, Jan. 2sN-A terrible dis
aster involving the loss OF many lives. ha,
occurred IN q coal mine at levin, IN tn,
Courrieres district. The catastrophe wal
due to an explosion OF fire damp In one o.
the pita
A panic followed the explosion and tn,
greater part Of the population Of the towI
rushed TO the mouth of the pit. prevent
ing the work OF rescue until gendarme
restored a semblance OF order.
The mayor Of Levin who is an OH
tnlner. Is experimenting the work Of res
cue. OF the sl2 miners who descended int
the pit this morning $50 had been brough
10 the surface at o'clock this afternoon
The bedies OF the chief engineer and hi
two assistants, horribly mansled. were re
covered
PARIS, Jan. a-,Advices received at tn
ministry Of labor indicate that Vassiere
the chief engineer. and two Of his assist
ants were probably the only victims o
the explosion In the coal mine today Il
IAevin. II appears that they had gon
down 10 search for a gas leak, the tas
not requiring the assistance of any Of tn
mine employees.