Norwich bulletin., 1910-05-06
Terrific Explosion.
 In Coal Mine
FLAMES SHOT TWO HUNDRED
 FEET INTO THE AIR.
Iso MEN ENToMBED
1t is Believed That All Are Dead Rescuers Overcome by Firedamp- Disaster at Palos, Ala.

Birmingham, Ala, May 5.-Forty- five white and 135 negro miners are entombed tonight in No. coal mine at Palos, Ala, as the result of ter rife explosion that occurred today Ii Is believed that all are dead. The mines are owned by the Palos Coal and Coke company of Birmingham Two bodies were found early tonight but it is thought that few can be re covered before morning.
 Air Being Pumped Into Mine. The flames from the explosion shot 200 feet into the air and the shock was felt for miles. Timbers were hurled several hundred feet from the mouth of the mine. Rocks from the walls caved in and made access difficult. The fan machinery was damaged. but air is being pumped into the mine tonight Tn hopes that some of the men are still alive.
 Relief Work Started.
 Residents of Palos. which is forty miles west of Birmingham, began at once to do what they could. but relief work was not started in earnest until a special train from Birmingham train carried State Mine Inspector James Hillhouse. J. J. Ruttledge, gov ernment expert in charge of the geo. logical station at Knoxville, Tenn. who was in the district Investigating the recent disaster at Mulga, eight physi- clans and surgeons four undertakers and number of special helpers. The hospital relief car of the Tennessee also taken. This car contains helmets and all other necessary paraphernalia for entering gaseous mines.
 Firedamp Prevents Rescue Work.
 The first rescuerS who went into the mine after the explosion were over come by fredamp and had to be car ried out MT. Ruttledge was among the first to enter. After working his way 1,400 feet down the slope he found the second right entry caved in. The two bodies recovered tonight were in the main slope.
 Passing Mail Carrier Thrown Into
 River.
 James Goueby, a mail carrier, was caught by the explosion thirty feet from the mouth of the slope and his body was hurled into the Warrior riv- CT. He was walking along the railroad mines mouth when the explosion oc- cured. It was judged from this that the force of the explosion was such that none of the men in the interior could remain alive.
 Hundreds of Women and Children in
 Terror.
 There are a number of mining camps within two or three miles of the PalOS mine and within a short time af- ter the explosion a great crowd had gathered about the in-fated mine. Hundreds of women and children were around the mine, wringing their hands and crying piteously tonight
 The Palos mines have been worked for a number of years and the entries were extensive. The only hope that some of the men have escaped and are still alive is that they were far enough away from the explosion to have miss ed it's main force.
 All Hope Abandoned.
 Birmingham, Ala, May 5.-All hope that any of the white and negro min CTS entombed in mine No. of the Palos Coal and Coke company at PaIos. Ala, as the result of an explosion to- day may be rescued alive, was aban- doned tonight. It is thought that if any of the men escaped death from the explosion they were later suffocated by bIackdamp.
 Estimates of the number of the men actually in the mine at the time vary. Those in a position to know estimate the number at 45 whites and about 100 negroes, while others say the number Is much larger. Officers of the mine say that according to their records only 11o men in all are in the mine.