Show EXPLOSION KILLS SIXTEEN ignition of gas pocket in mulga mine causes fatality tw elve injured birmingham ala sixteen men mea monday night are known to be dead and twelve injured as tho the result ot of 9 a picket gas explosion early monday manday at the mulga mine of the woodward Wc odward iron company near ensley easley removal of the bodies is proceeding slowly only nine of the sixteen dead having been brought out early monday night mine aline officials state the explosion was purely local and was caused by striking a pocket of gas what ignited the gas has not been determined the mine itself was not seriously damaged the mulga mine had aare explosion april 20 1910 when thirty five were killed |