Show SEVENTEEN LIVES LOST result of gas ga and in ID ft a west iff lulu cual coal alno A gas and powder explosion occurred at norfolk IV va monday in the ilig big four mine of the algoma coal A colie company as the result of winch which james lester leater in an engineer john kie a hungarian miner and fifteen miners miners imprisoned in the mine the gas and smoke was so thick illicit that all rescuing parties were at driven back 11 II r 1 Franket ifield a mine boss and george gaspie a hungarian miner succeeded in crawling over the fal fallen len coal and slate after the explosion to the lights of the rescuing party and were taken out alive although badly burned and nearly by the gas ahe explosion is said aid to have hae been caused by nn an of gas catch ing ap fire fiaai tom the lamo lamn of a miler altor and tins this in turn fired at n kegs of blasting that licul beeta been bored back lu in the mines the explosion Inoc knocked ked down nil all the tha foi a quarter of a anlie balk back toward the mine entrance trance thus cutting off all of 0 the all ail front from the men liu im iiii poisoned behlog tile debris debria |