Show HUNDREDS H ND H E S KILLED BY GAS EXPLOSION TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN COAL MINE IN ALBERTA BRINGS SORROW TO MANY HOMES of the men who were at work in mines only fourteen have been rescued alive despite efforts of rescuers lethbridge alberta A tei terrific rifle explosion coming without warning on oil friday entombed 2 0 0 miners employed in ill mine no 20 of the hillcrest Hlll crest coller les lem ltd of the fifty rescued only fourteen were ft ere living despite efforts of tile the two score mine experts laboring amid the poisonous gases and debris hope of rescuing alive the men yet vet in ili the mine hope has been abandoned tile the explosion which occurred about 9 friday morning shook the country side for miles lifted the roofs from many miners cabins and demolished numerous small buildings A moment after the explosion a of panic stricken surface workers rushed from the bildne followed by a dense cloud of smoke and poisonous onous fumes appeals for help were dispatched to many towns and in the meantime residents orga organized titz 0 d an emergency crew and turned feeble and inoff active hands toward the work of rescue when the first rescue crew arrived a large larga force of men set about to clear tho the shaft thousands or of tons of if rock have fallen into the mine and it is feared that the men even had they escaped death from the poisonous fumes probably were ere crushed to death cleath by the falling failing debris no information as to what caused the he explosion hils has been obtained but le it Is s believed it was tile due to tho the forming of gases |