San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-08

HAMPERED
BY SMOKE
Main Explosion Followed
by Series Of Lesser
Ones.
M BODIES kECOVERED
Force of Conclusion Closes
Up Mouth of
Shaft.
RESCUE TEAMS WORK
Smoke and Dust Issue
From "',rkings-May
[ on Fire.
RESCUE TEAMS WORK
BY the Associated Press.


Castle Gate. Utah. March S.-One
hundred and seventy-five men en-
ployed in the day shift of the Utah
Fuel company Mine No. were en-
tombed by an explosion at 8 o'clock
this morning.
Details of the explosion are lacking
at the company office shere, according
to Joseph Carnley, chief clerk to the
superintendent of the company's prop
erty.
1t is not known whether there were
| any survivors.
Rescue teams now are endeavoring
TO enter the mine, according TO COM
pany officials.
The explosion is believed TO have
been caused by an accumulation of
dust. Smoke and dust are pouring
from the mouth of the mime here at
the present time, but it has not been
determined whether the interior of the
mine is afire.
Largest in Utah.
The mine is said to be the largest
individual coal mine in the State Of
Utah.
At noon it was announced at comr
pSny offices here that no bodies had
been taken from the mine and thar
up to that hour none of the en-
tombed miners had been rescued alive.
The explosion in the mine was fol
lowed by a series of smaller blasI,.
according TO company officials.
The force of the first explosion
was SO great that the entrance 10 the
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blocked by debris.
Seven rescue teams. composed OF
six men each. from the other pro:,-
critics of the company at Castle Gaze.
as well Us teams from the Hiaw1tha
and Wentworth mines. now are en-.
deavoring 10 get into the mine by
means of the small entrance in thu
rear of the mine.
May BE on Fire.
At noon smoke and dust was issr-
ing from the obstructcd mouth of tl.e
mine, but officials were unable -
state definitely whether fire Ea1
broken ont in the interior.
Officials likewise declared that res
cue teams had been unable to find
any indications that any of the rs
cntombed men were dead or alive, al
though it was considered probable
that few, if any, escaped death frem
the explosion.
The mine entrance is on the level
and the mine runs back approximate
~ mile and a half. the working
shafts following the dcift of the coal
vein.
Because of the DISTRACTED entrance
TO the mine. rescG, workers have been
unable TO determine even approx
mateiy where the first blast occur
red.
The explosion today is the first
that has ever occurred in Mine NJ.
>, although in 1920, 200 men ose
their lives in an explosion and sub
mine of the Utah Fuel Company &C
Seofield. Utah, near here.
Weather Aids Rescue Work.
Castle Gate is mining cOmmun-
ity of approximately 1IOO persons.
The force employed in the mine to-
day is the normal full-time pSOuuctIan
force, according 20 the company OFF,
cials.
Clear. cold weather prevails nero
today and will Be of considerable aid
TO the rescue workers. once they are
enabled to penetrate the mine werk-
ings.
Relatives Of the men entombed
rushed to the mine as soon as wors
of the disaster was spread through
out the small community and u aas
been necessary TO establish guard lines
to prevent any interference with res
cue teams.
The snecial train from Salt Lake
hearing doctors and nurses was de-
Icyad in leaving Salt Lake. according
TO word received by company otneaiS,
here. and will not arrive until after
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