Show MEET DEATH IN I TC TO MINERS KNOWN F FORTY HAVE HAVE BEEN KILLED AS RESULT RE RE- SULT OF EXPLOSION Hope Has Been Abandoned for Sixty i fi five Others Entombed nt bed In Mine I Tragedy Be Being Bing ng Caused t D Dust st or Gas n 1 i Fort Smith Ark One Eighty one Eighty min ers era were killed Wednesday as the uie I result re ie suIt sult of or an explosion In No 2 ot of at McCurtain McCurtain Mc- Mc the Sans Ibis Bols Coal CoalD pany Curtain Okla miles west f of ot here herel f Eleven of f the miners escaped e explosion occurred Several t these are Injured so serl seri it is believed they will die six w nty siX men were rescued on after undergoing frightful experiences Many of the miners who lost their lives are supposed to have died after the explosion the foul toul air 1 causing their deaths Tho explosion occurred shortly after after after aft aft- morning According According Ac Ac- er 9 o'clock Wednesday ay cording to an official statement from the offices of the Fort Smith Western West West- of the em ern Railway company owners property men were working Inthe in inthe inthe the mine at the time Whether gas or coal dust caused cause life explosion has not been determined |