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Show 182 ENTOMBED BYJEXPLOSION Terrific Blast Wrecks Mine Workings; Work-ings; Ten Rescued Alive; Nine Bodies Recovered Hlnton, W Vn., March 2. Res cuo parties late tonight had brought out nllvo tun men und recovered tho bodies of nine victims of nn explosion explo-sion which entombed 1S2 miners In tho Lnylnnd mines of tho Now River nnd Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, seeral miles from Qulnnl-mont Qulnnl-mont early today. Tho work of rescue continued, aided aid-ed by tho crow of resctio car No. 8 of tho United States bureau of mines which reached tho scono tonight. From nil nnllnblo sources, It Is estimated, es-timated, nearly 105 men nro still In tho mine. For an hour and a half otter tho oxpluslon heavy clouds of dense black smoko issued from tho workings. work-ings. Tho fan was damaged and was not ready for uso for nearly nn hour. Even outside tho mines ovldcncos wero numerous thnt tho force of tho explosion was terrific. Tho stono arch over tho main entrnnco of tho workings work-ings was destroyed, windows within a 300 yard radius wbb broken and tho explosion was felt for miles nround. A. B. Cooper, who wns delivering groceries to a houso within sovonty flvo yards of tho mlno ontrnnco was blown against a telegraph polo and killed. Tho roscuo party which penetrated tho mlno, a drift working, found bad slato falls. They reported tho air coursos good. Guard lines havo been established about tho workings nnd only workers work-ers nro permitted within them. Company Com-pany officials refuse to give out any Information, Hugh It. McMillan, assistant mlno boss, Is among tho missing. |