Sisty-Three Believed to Have Died in Terrific Blast ncdn, SIECIAL SERVICE
MeCallistes, Okla., Dee. 17.
Sixty-three are believed to have: perished during or shortly after a Tertifie explosion within a mine here we men have been rescued near the: top of the shaft. For the 63 remaining within, no hope is. held out. Seven bodies have already' Been recovered.
Gas is believed to have been the cause of the blast, which was ftxpendous force.. "The Zelt for a considerable distance from the mine.
Forty-three of the victims were married men, Among their families there is a total of 176 children, Governor Holloway is expected to issue a call for the raising of and of $20,000 to care for the families of the -vietims.
Heart-rending scenes were enacted throughout the town, and particle arly around the top of the. mine: shift' where women and children gathered to weep and implore aid. The fact that Christmas is near and the entire town had begun to bedeck itself in festive attire and to pure chase presents gave a particularly harrowing aspect to the disaster.
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