Show SEVEN MEN ARE DOUBTLESS DEAD BURiED UXDEI A GASWRECKED IIUILDIXG Structure Hlown to Pieces and the Remnants Then Fired > nmher of Victims So Far Unknown I Alexandria Ind March 31At midnight mid-night the utmost excitement prevails here as a rescuing party are digging In the ruins of a building wrecked by a gas explosion to rescue several men who have been buried beneath the ruins and are doubtless dead About 9 oclock tonight the town was started by a terrific noise as i a powder magazine had exploded It was occasioned by a natural gas explosion ex-plosion in a building which accommodated accommo-dated a barber shop and the American Express conmpanys office This structure struc-ture was blown to pieces and the remnants rem-nants fired The rear of the White nant fred sides block was badly shattered The actual damage to the building will reach probably 10000 The flames burned fiercely and the fire alarm brought the department to the scene The following were rescued by the I firemen from the ruins but more or I less injured James Scott William Pyle and Henry Heard There were seven men in the building I and the following doubtless killed Harry Bouryear Jesse Harrell Ora Ball Charles Hoover The rescuing party is working bravely at a late hour but no hopes are entertained that the men named are alive |