LIVES SNUFFED OUT eighteen miners meet death in duet explosion charleston W va eighteen men are believed to have been killed in a terrific explosion in one 0 the mines ot the detroit kanawha coal corn pany at detroit on paint creek this county twenty five miles from here the explosion occurred at 12 30 clock had it been either before or after the noon hour the death list would have been still more appalling as hundreds of men would have been killed the force of the explosion was great that the hills trembled tons of wreckage and debris were hurled from the mouth of the mine blocking the entrance and making the work of rescue difficult