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Show MINERS DIE IN EXPLOSION Rescuers Enter Mine But Are Driven Back. By Gases Moundsvllle, W. Va July 11 Eight miners are believed to have been killed kill-ed by a gas explosion In the Panama mine of the Ben Franklin Coal company com-pany here today. A rescue party pen-erated pen-erated the workings and returned with William Hupp and Joo Minalin, miners, who were so badly burned It is feared they cannot survive. Another rescue party was sent Into the mine later in the hope that more wore alive. Tho Panama shaft had been closed for several weeks. Gas was so strong at a distance of three miles that the rescuers were driven back until such time as sufficient air could be forced Into tho shaft to permit of further exploration. The Pittsburg station of the bureau of mines was notified by telephone and Chief J. W. Paull ordered the rescue res-cue cai at Fitca'ni, Pa., to sirccoci to Moundsvllle. Reinforced by miners from the Fort Pitt colliery, Foreman McCabe and his party made some progress in endeavoring en-deavoring to reach the entombed men. Thero is no indication that any of tho men are alive. Accompanying Foreman McCabe were superintendents from other mines nearby. The shaft had not been damaged dam-aged by the explosion and pumps soon cleared the main tunnel of gas, but it lurked in the rooms where the entombed en-tombed miners are believed to be. In penetrating one of these McCabe was overcome and was brought to the surface sur-face almost unconscious and unable to tell what he had found. oo |