FIVE DIE IN WYOMING MINE

EXPLOSION OCCURS AT KEMMERER; CAUSE NOT YET ASCERTAINED

Nine Are Injured; Those Injured Were Taken To The State Hospital At Rock Springs

Western Newspaper Union News Bulletin
Kemmerer, Wyo. -- The explosion in coal mine No. 4 of the Kemmerer Coal and Coke Company at Willow Creek was not as serious as at first reported although five are dead and nine were injured, while nine others were overcome by black damp and were removed to a local hospital.
The dead are:
JAMES SMITH.
JAMES HANSEN.
PETER HANLON.
TOM DIXON.
JAMES WARD.
The injured were taken in a special train to the state hospital at Rock Springs. They are:
JAMES DORAN; WILLIAM SULLIVAN; MATT TONICH; SIMON EDWARDS; WILLIAM COZOCK; R. SOTO; S. EMINO; JAMES BOTSWORTH and JOHN BAINTON.
P. J. QUEALEY, owner of the mine, was at Laramie attending the funeral of his nephew when news of the explosion reached him. He returned to Kemmerer by special train and directed the rescue work, being assisted by State Coal Mine Inspector GEORGE BLACKER, FRANK A. MANLEY, assistant general manager and JAMES NEEDHAM of the Union Pacific Coal Company and W. M. MOONEY, Superintendent of the Central Coal and Coke Company.
Although an exhaustive examination of the mine has been made, the officials have reached no definite conclusion as to the cause of the explosion. About two thirds of the shift had left the mine when the explosion occurred, although there were about 100 miners and others on shift when the accident occurred. The colliery is in good condition, the air fans at no time being out of commission.

Plateau Voice Collbran Colorado 1912-01-26
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Researched and Transcribed by Stu Beitler. Thank you, Stu!