Show 4 FEARED DEAD DEADa a IN GAS OF MINE MOBERLY Mo fo Aug 20 INS INS- INS INSAll All AU hope of oC oCr r rescuing cuing four tour men trapped in a coal mine near here vanished tOM today Surely they must be be- dead by no now Evans Jon Jones deputy state mine inspector declared as fire and deadly fumes Cum beat back rescue r cue workers Calling for volunteers State Mine Inspector Arnold Griffith led a a. r rescue res rescue res- res cue crew of 11 men into the mine last night They went as far as the where bad air halted their digging diggins attempts attempt and forced them to return to the tho surface Loud Laud walls wails went up up from the crowd of t almost persons persons surging surg surging urging ing about the tho entrance to to the shaft when tho the rescuers appeared and Griffith announced I dont don't se see see h how w anyone co could ld live down there Even with gas gao mas masks we couldn't stand it any longer The enl entombed men are Demmer Sexton 37 3 and nd Edward Stoner 26 who leased the mine minD three weeks ago George T. T Dameron 27 n negro multi mull driver and J J. J W W. McCann 50 M a n. miner The Tho men were trapped late Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- I day when firo Piro broke out in the main shaft cutting off oft their exit Early rescue attempts were blocked by a shortage of oC water with which to fight the raging flames Then the wooden bUrn burned d away and anda a held the men below ground The fire broke out anew yesterday yesterday yesterday yester yester- day the intense heat and acrid smoke handicapping tho the rescue work |