The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-08-14
SIX BODIES TAKEN OUT-FIRE Is
RAGING IN LOWER LEVELS
OF MINE

W
hundred miners of the Kemmerer coal
mine No. 1 were entombed by an
explosion this morning. A cave-in cut
all communication off with the men,
working on the lower levels. One
body had been recovered at noon.
The explosion is reported to have
been caused by runaway trip car
plunging from the rails. Nothing de-
finite concerning the condition of the
entombed men has come from the
depths of the mine, but experts Of
mine rescue work declared they saw
little hope of rescuing the men alive.
Two mine rescue cars are on their
way here.
Fire Rages in Mine
Pocatello, Idaho-(A. P.)-Fire is
raging in the lower levels of the from
tier mine, at Kemmerer, where two
hundred miners are entombed, ac-
cording to telephone messages re-
ceived here. Six bodies had been re-
ported recovered early this afternoon.
Rush Rescue Work
Cheyenne-(A PA special dis
patch from Kemmerer received by the
State Tribune-Leader said that vol
unteer workers this afternoon were
digging desperately in an effort to
reach some of the two hundred miners
trapped underground, before rising
water stopped the rescue work and
precluded the possibility of any of
the men escaping alive. Two pumps
were stalled following the explosion
and the water is rising rapidly Fans
are still working throughout the
mine.
Bringing Bodies to Surface
Pocatello, Idaho - Ca P) Two
miners were carried out alive from
the Frontier mine at Kemmerer, Wyo.,
according to telephone information
received here. Both were badly
burned. Three bodies were recovered
from the fifteenth level and brought
to the surface the message said. Ven
tilation is reported to have been re-
stored to upper levels.
Twenty-Five Rescued Alive
Kemmerer-(A P.)-Twenty-nine
miners entombed today by an explo-
sion in the Frontier mine had been
rescued alive by 3:15 o'clock, ac-
cording to press reports from the
mine. 1t is said that the rescue par
ties counted over seventy dead bodies
in their progress through the work
lngs. There was no fire they said.
Meyers Retains Championship
Chicago-(A P.)-Johnny Meyers
retained the middleweight wrestling
last night, defeating
Heinie Engle, of Dubuque, Iowa, in
straight falls.
Berlin Strike Called Off
Berlin-(A. P.)-The general strike
in Berlin was called off by the COM
and all the transportation
lines are re-opening.
Crowds Storm Police Headquarters
AK la Chapelle-(A. P.)-Twelve
persons were killed and over eighty
here last night when crowds
attempted to storm the police head
quarters, and to rescue prisoners
aiken during the day, when police
broke up food shortage demonstra-
ions.
Mine and Coal Operators to Confer
Atlantic City, N. ia. P)-John
L. Lewis, president of the United
Wine Workers, has accepted the coal
invitation to confer in
New York tomorrow with the COM
mission and anthracite operators in
IN effort to avert the strike set for
September l.
Philadelphia-(A. P)-Samuel D.
Narriner, chairman of the general
committee of the Anthracite Coal
Operators, announced that the opera
ors have accepted the federal coal
invitation to attend to-
norrow's parley with the miners.
Treaty VOuchsafes Conditions
Berlin-(A. P.)-Dr. Stresemann,
he new chancellor, in his inaugural
peech today, told the reichstag that
he complete restoration to Germany
f her right of control over the Ruhr,
nd the establishment of conditions
n the Rhineland, was vouchsafed un
Ter the Versailles treaty; that the
Iteration of every German citizen
Who has been outraged, evicted or
Imprisoned, were conditions under
yhich Germany was ready to abandon
assive resistance. He did not men
ion evacuation.
Eight Bodies Recovered
Salt Lake City, Utah-(A. P.)-
light bodies of persons killed or
rowned as a result of a series of
in the vicinity of Salt
AXE City and ogden last evening,
ave been recovered to eleven O'Clock
MS morning. Three persons are
lissing and property damage is ex-
ected to total over million dol
RS. At Pennington, five are known
} be dead and include three Boy
couts, trapped by a wall of water
weeping down a canyon. The body
one woman has been recovered at
villard. Several other persons are
issing.
administration Agrees With Hughes
Washington Ca P.)- President
oolidge's administration was said by
White. House spokesman today to
and on the position stated by Sec
tary Hughes at New Haven last De-
mber in the matter of the German
parations. The government, it was
,clared, is ready to help any way
,ssible without involving itself un-
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