Show gas explosion entombs miners raleigh N C more alove than fifty wen inen aro are entombed in me mine of the carolina coal company eight miles from sanford N C as the result of an explosion there an ofal fit i cor of the company told the tea led press here the fate of tho the men lie h added was undetermined riia and grave glaye fear wore were felt for their safety most alost of the men are said to bo be white the explosion occurred when the full crew of tile the mine was on duty henso clouds clouda of yellow smoke anti and dangerous fumes emanating front from the mouth month or of the mine prevented early attempts at rescue work governor mcclean requested a corps of engineers headed by chief IlIg highway hway commissioner paige to precede to the scene with adjutant general metts melts ile ho also appealed to the bureau of mines at washington for federal aid in what was described to him as aa a serious emergency soon after the explosion two men went into tho the mine equipped with gas masks but were unable to penetrate it |