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Show MffllfllEO 1 COAL II CIxtVY, Ky., Aug. 1. An unofficial check of the number of men entombed in tho mine, made at noon today, in dicated the number to bo something less than 175. Forty-six had been brought to the surfaco alive, together with four bodies, including that of. Charles Wallace, mine foreman. Fire which followed the exposlon, raged for several hours and though It is now thought to be distinguished tho presence of "black damp" has made further rescue work imposslblo pending pend-ing the arrival of a mine rescue car from Evansville. The explosion, it was said, occurred m the south end of tho mine wbe J jfrg negroes largely were employed. Do- ters, ifo brls, It was stated, choked the pas. Veda E sage way to the north end where the MIbs'V! remainder of the force Including 40 ,ir San white men were at work. j jnEt ligh'ttnl ADISONVLLLE, Ky., Aug. 4.R&- i The PM ports several hours after the gas ex- j 411(1 Kb plosion In mine No. 7 of tho West i-JVl Kentucky Coal company at Clay early Slr. ai today said that thirty-one men, all I theIr Hi negroes, bad been rescued. f farly th |