Show HUNDREDS KILLED BY GAS LUS 0 TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN COAL MINE IN ALBERTA BRINGS SORROW TO MANY HOMES of tl the tle e men who were at work in mines only fourteen have been rescued alive despite efforts of rescuers lethbridge alberta A explosion coming without warning on oil friday entombed miners emp employed loved in mine no 20 of the hillcrest Hlll crest ltd of the fifty rescued only fourt fourteen edh were living liing despite efforts of the two score mine experts laboring amid the poisonous gases and debris hope of rescuing alive alle the men et in the mine hope has been abandoned the explosion which occurred about 9 friday morning shook the country side bide for miles fitted the roots from many miners cabins and demolished numerous small buildings A moment after the explosion a score of panic stricken surface workers rushed from the mine follo followed Aed by a dense cloud of smoke and poisonous fumes appeals for help ere dispatched to many towns and in the meantime residents organized an emergency crew and turned feeble and aneff ineffective eath e hands toward the work of rescue W when 11 en the first rescue crew ar arrived ried a large laree force of men set bet about to clear the shaft thousands or ions tons of rock have fallen into the mine and it Is feared that the men even had they escaped death from tha poisonous fumes probably were crushed to death by the falling debris no information as to ablat causer caused the explosion has been obtained but IC it is bel believed leed it was due to the forming of gases |