Death In The Mine

Kansas City, Mo., March 30.- A Rich Hill (Mo.) dispatch says that an explosión o: natural gas occurred about noon Thursday in mine No. 6 oL the Keith & Perry Coal com pany, located near the Rich Hül company' natural gas well. There were about 100 men employed in this mine, but at the time oL the explosión only about thirty were below. Attempts were at once made to rescue the un fortúnate men, and eight miners had been brought to the surface alive when a seconc explosión occurred at 3 :30 o'clock, at which time Superintendent George Sweeney anc five miners were in the shaft at work, all o whom were more or less burned, but not dan gerously. The names of a few who were rescued are Eddie Brown, aged 18; Henry Brown, 15; Git Lee (colored), John Crawford (colored), Ec Reed (colored), Newman Gray, Butler Gray Bob Dick, John Henry. Among those believed to be in the mine are a son of William Kay, 16 years oíd, L. R. Dixon, Gibson Mc Ferran, Job Neptune, Cali Neptune, John Henry. The names of others can not be as certained. Later. - Forty nine miners are now known to have been in the mine at the time of the explosión; twenty-five of these were rescued alive, but one of the rescued has since died Four dead bodies have been recovered. The rescuiug party say that there are eight white and seven colored men yet in the mine, al dead. Severa! of the rescuing party were overeóme by the gas and brought out un conscious. The total dead will not exceed twenty, and of those injured all will most likely recover. The shaft cages are now in working order, and it is believed all of the dead will be taken out soon.