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V .t AA TERRIBLE3K?:1 t?iri.v a? ST. ■': ^»' -s.'**-.. m •^ : • ■ • J. ■ i • * j**' v.-,*. ‘*1IN A COAL MINE AT FERNIE ‘ % lt;-I » • * J .,* — • . t. -», •* •-/ ,-rf.•..... .••'• -m •uV *-■lt;;.*— ' *J -.4-IS ... -Ift- ■I. ,.. .w*.• --. 'S-.1'. *»It Is Believed That Fully 160 Men Were Killed.—The'Workrof ^- Rcscue^Provirig a Very Difficult' Task.—Already TenDead Bodies Have Been Brought to the Surface,—It is^*^a^HeartRehd in^Scerie^• .. * *iy » » -, . - - (SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.).• S • f * • - « . .. - . . : _ v }»•-*' , •• « i .• . 1 * • • f.....#4.*.. .'Km+* •*(,• v.-*- *-v v'-r** . • * -■ * *v* . ■. ■■■•■■mb a flA c ^ ■ . *Sr4 .... V ,* W' * ' ~ , I- 1 — , -7 . • ■ »* — •^ Fernief B/ C-yi?May 23^—A^ * r' lt;: ‘v. v :, Si a :1 ?r : ‘ ^ ■ •. Y1terrible explosion occurred last night about:7:30^o!cIock-invNo;;2 shaft of the Crow’s Nest Pass' t I . I . . aXi*.- ‘f • \’.f/X. *'i{lt; K7* ’**•Company’s mines, extending { toa** to - 1No. 3 shaft. Many men were« — • K1*«*. *v ^ - - .~r ». *a ’ ’jr.- **.v......■ ; • # ••• xc t- oworking-‘ in the mine - atr -f A-.;. •I *time.\ ^ . k! a . ' .*t ••'••/■ r •**^ ■“ •• • ■ • ■*'■ ( ^ ... , .V: The work;'; of f rescue is beinghurried.Assistance from all available sources is being rushed to thea' » ^ ” ^ 'a • * • _ * ' « .tombed .it is. feared that a largeA . ,’.V:v-. /•:;•n.percentage is lost.w -v; w .•*/ -has set over thetown and the - scene is heartrehd-*h r /■ . ^ ^ / *]* **’ *- • t'’'' ii *'J ..* » ,•• ';M- • -■ ' • v« 5-*ing in the extreme. The wail of•• ^* ‘rthe widow^and' orphan is heardon all sides. .1i V* iTa — . ' r — t/ : — ► % ■ • — • .* • ■. .Those known to be dead are 4.-4 . .. ■. :• * .... . - ;^wtr. 7 . • .. . * » . *. ^ • •. .. / ■ /. . .* \ . .,. ,, ^. . , ’ . .. * ...Morgan, Johnxi* y*rescue. •.■;■: • ?l:: I • The presence - of coal damp^ Vrf•.-X* ’'A' I.M u i r, Thos.. • . * ‘ ' * J * % * i »*'• ^ • T • ». , ^ .... ^ . . • .*• • *. • • . . . • . .. ■ ■ lt;. •Fairfield and son. • i'.:: v'... * , . • • * • * ! . *•*.**. r * • * * - % - • - . %• • ' ‘:r r **’• •%.■•' .. '• f.. . ^It is impossible c to .g^c Jfu 11fis adding great- danger to {thework of rescue.w.‘w.lt;v ui-x- iT-»•«•v ***;-*VJIV^1IOut • / of v ^ofrie;: two ;; h u rid red■. .1*. . .1 «r. I • •• *.• r r ■ ,1 . W ■ . . ,miners at; work in the mine -atin:r-ohly*2yor*30 afe^ to have■ -It,* 4iv,-. v •: fc : - ;:*i* ; ^ ;• ' • \ ; •*.•••:-rv. • . ■ . * / . ' • X ^ «| •%% a w t * • • . ■ . ...iffnc or~ten- dead -bodies have*v *been taken out.•VT“-:.y\*fc.T. Oflithe:;!SO.!.or 175 men.en-• 'V, ■ .lt;someF-: *v:uyy, ,11 {is reported; that Engineer GiC.i; Brown of the Arrowhead-ji.i,-!#*' -'*..v .■ A -*I’r* ► *.«*-.——lt;- t*.?. ‘“‘T-1 •r ■- .; v. » 1 l •*:. *•.;■ ».'t ».J I— ;*»''• -i..* .'*• T ’ • •'•►.•j r »•branch/received word just as hewas wpu 11 ing rout ' this rriorning.lt; •..'•» r» • 1 ' * ' X. • ' ' J • . V. ■;! ; ■ .. •, ; • ^ «•that-idlis vson t was qone fof t theentombed men in the mirie.viThe.*• :• .4 •• . * . . ..- 4 -•V' 7 • •lt; *'** • • • * . ,:. ■ ‘ ...... *. 4-; - ,7*. '1-'-** lt;w • J » »».-.•.• . .. .. .. lt;. . -i •+.. u .. - ■ lt;v ...HerAld vhsf unable to • get any4% . 1 ’ . * i ^ ' . “ T ’• .* ’/ and sincerely;-v.fi.y-.» •vi .:■ ■ I1nopes tliat;the{ rumor/may?provey?:r.i‘. ■% *1*.'J ft't.tu ‘-'A-i4 j “ »*••.*.. - 1 *' ^ ^ • * ' • ,* “ * . * * m . • ,# • * , • rm • *V'»• ■ • V • •* * - I * *,M It * , 1 , f • 1 L . . » .. .untrue, v; :a ■ •. . . -• ••.......• -1......;... ' . • T • •-••• •' ' Vi-.--*’:Tw'C -.-♦tv
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Revelstoke Herald
Ravelstoke, British Columbia, CA
Fri, May 23, 1902
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