Show FATAL MINE EXPLOSION Thirteen Men Killed and Entombed by Tons of Rock Near Fort Smith Arkansas Fort Smith Ark Nov 21 Thirteen miners were killed and great damage was done by uu accidental explosion of gas at I oclock today In coal I mime No 20 at Honnnxa Ark twcnly miles from this clly AL nightfall only six of the victims hud been recovered KKCOVURKD DEAD I Hub Reluctate t 11 lit Slnoklaml Will Kohoe n Mike Walker VF D Moore Grandpa Brown father of Pitt Boss Jrown Tlicro wore about ITS mun In the various shafts at the time All escaped without Injury oxcept the thirteen who were employed em-ployed In entry 1C the scene of ho I explosion ex-plosion Tho force of the I explosion was terrific and the passages wore HO com Iilotoly obstructed that the work of rescuing res-cuing the entombed mn was tedious in the extreme and several hours were consumed con-sumed boforo the llrsc body was found I It IK I thoiiKhl that the gas was accidentally i acci-dentally ignited by a miners lamp I |