Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1908 — Gas Overcomes Nine Rescuers. [ARTICLE]

Gas Overcomes Nine Rescuers.

Hanna, Wyo., April 2. —The east •lope of the Union Pacific Coal Company No. 1 mine, in which the two disastrous explosions occurred Saturday, was opened and half of the fifteen men who entered the slope preparatory to taking out some of the bodies were overcome by gas and carried out. General Manager D. O. Clark refneed to permit any further efforts to take out the bodies, and decided to wait another week or ten days for the gas to clear away.