Show 11 oa t Mers ners Kil Ked ed in n B as' as RADFORD Va April 18 CT Wy- Wy Twelve velve coal miners were reported l killed Thursday In a deep shaft explosion ion of oC the Great Valley Anthracite Anthracite Anthracite An An- Corps mine at McCoy 12 miles northeast of here Several Sev Sev- eral others were trapped B B. E. E Willis managing editor of the Radford News-Journal News said he had been informed rescue workers had found all of 12 men who were caught in the midmorning morn mid ing irig blast and that all were dead The rhe explosion at about 1030 a.m. a.m. a.m. a. a m. m E S T caught the workers In Ina Ina ina a low level shaft that runs under the bed of New river separating Montgomery and counties The mine manager Cloyd Martin Martin Martin Mar Mar- tin was in an nn upper level of the mine and said the force of the explosion explosion ex ex- knocked him off his feet He Hp said 12 men were unaccounted for tor Anthracite miners have been working one-day one shift in this area |