The Glenwood post., 1913-12-20
Terrific Explosion Tuesday Morning Wrecks
Of the Men Are Left to Tell How Il nappeno
mys&y-women and Children wrnging IT.
Anguish Make Heart Rending Scene-A|I b
Recovered Coroner Hopkins wilt |nvestig1(

investigation of every portion of the
mine and it will probably be several
days before he makes public his opin-
ion As to the cause Of the accident. 1t
is known that the mine was thoroughly
inspected by one of Mr.. Dalrymple' y
deputies less than month ago and
approved by him as being in good con-
ditiOn. There is a report to the effect
that in the west working the dust was
very noticeable on Monday.
The mine was thoroughly examined
for gas on Tuesday morning before the
miners were allowed to enter and Z
was pronounced safe. Each man was
given . safety lamp and if there wers
any open lamps taken into the misc
the company does not know Of It.
The explosion started in the west
entry and apparently in room IL sAd
the impact was 20 terrible that seases-
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~ nins. frsek rails - ss~neaaa
asA tvtsts1, sas 50 esasAsA - :
assss tAAt 49, sseA -, - n -
sd - vss AWe-ssapos1ssy - II
his Aafsess which was fss.A - ~
mine floor near where tie sninal ~
supposed to have beea used vhils ~
animal itself was carried entirely across
The mine, . distance Of 400 fest and
the shoes were torn from the horse .
feet and were found on the floor Of
the mine near the horse. The steel
fan located in the west entry and
weighing $500 pounds was blown 200
feet to the north and so badly twisted
and broken that it is almost impossible
to tell what it was used for. So great
was the force of the explosion that it
tore everything to pieces three-fourths
of q mile away.
Airsculously Escaped
Notwithstanding the fact that every
man who was in the mine at the ,ir"e
tie explosion was killed outright the e
wrr, a few of the employees, who were
thanking the fates that saved thtm and
wondering why they werc deemed
worthy Of saving as againss thcir poor
companions who, without am warming
were carried to their death.
Jose Davis was the last man 70 come
out Of the mine before the .eculsr dav
crew went to work. As fire boss he
inspected the entire mine between s
and z q m. and pronounced everything
in good condition % far ~ he could
judge. He now considers that he e.
capped death by 4 very small margin.
Mr.. Bruce, who makes his home on
the rasca Of Mrs.. Kstie Ds.der, has
been working in the mine for some time
on the day shift. Last Sunday he con-
elsded to change to tie night shift and
instead Of working Nesday both he
ssd his son worked Mesday nisAt aad
were both asleep At their Asae whe.
tie explosion occurred fAsy hurried
70 ths nine, soAs three niles from
s@eAA 0, o10 Wcte very pLui IN
caring for the bodies Of their eonpan.
isas.
Kes.eth Lewis, q .oteu.s.,, aa.l
Lester epafks, tripper, On Monday had
se<iesi ssastAiAg absst tie eaAIs that
needed Some attention and had intend
ID TO take into the mine On Tuesday
so0e nails esA wire With which to
naks tAe needed rePaira Soae tine
after tie yentered The ni,e tAey re-
menbered that they I'D fseeo&tes these
thinss aad decided t. g c.k a,d get
them Lewis stood at the entry Will .
Sparks started for the sAiee for the
nails. He had almost reached the Of.
flee whea the explosion occurred. OF
eourse he was u,Aafned wAfIs Lewis
was ealy slightly shaken Up - he
stood 1t H. AsstA II Tie tusAel.
William Finlsy a,a his partner,
Dewoe, - oses ises ~ sppss lsvSl
|wASsA - essa ssapssasSly aAaaAsosa
md were taking up the rails thst In