The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-20
MIGHTY EXPLOSION
ENTOMBS MINERS
Two Hundred Still Buried. and
Hope of Rescuing Them
Alive Is Remote.
WHOLE COUNTRYSIDE SHAKEN
Experts Labor Amid Poisoned
Gases to Save Men-Fifty Are
Taken Out; Fourteen Live.

J.cthbridpc. Alberta. juno ia
mighty explosion to-day cntombed $50
miners employed in Mine No. 90, of the
lIillcrest Collicrics, Limited. or the
hfty miners rescued, only fourteen were
living to-niRht.
Despite the efforts of twoscorc mine
experts. lnboring amid the poisoned
gases and debris. hope of rcscuinS alive
:he 200 men yet In the mine was re-
mote
Tho effects OF the digastcr were:
Men in mine when explosion oc-
CURED 600. OF whom 35o escaped
Number rescued nifty, OF whom. thir
ty-six;h died later
Miners stlll entombed zoo probably
Eillcd by fro which followed tic cN-
plosion.
~ dusk group of women stood Mt
thc mouth OF the mine. which had been
closed by the explosion. s,ill hopeful
that the cries of n.lp that came from
below earlier in the day mlgh; oc
pcated Later. however, many Of the
women dispersed expressing the gen
cral belief that the situation OF those
impri soncd WAS hopeless.
1'A>IC-STIt1tKEN WORKERS.
HUSS OUT TO SAFETY
The explosion. which occurred about
? y. NJ, shook the countryside. INT
Cd roofs from many cabins. and do
=
Then score OF panic-strickcn surface
workers rushed from the mine. fol-
lowed by dense cloud OF SMOKE ana
poisonous fumes
Appeals for help were dispatched TO
many towns. and residents organized
nn emergency crew and began the
worl' OF rescue.
When tn" FIRST rescue crew arrived.
!a..,e force Of men set about TO clear
the shaft, working desperately as the
mopns Of the "rtombcd men came fee
lily from the mine. The means became
fainter and finally ceased. Thousands
of tons of rock have fallen Into the
mine. and = is feared the men even
had they ESCAPED death from the
poisonous fumes probably were
crushed by falling debris.
No Information as 10 what caused
the explosion has been given, but 1t
i believed Al was duc to gases.
II omaS puigiey, superintendent of
The mine, l. cntombcd
l:APf:1tT NINE MUrti<F.RS
ARRIVE ON SCENE
i:arlJ tonight two trains nlled with
expert mine workers. doctors. nursos
ana officials OF railways arrived and
the work Of rescue was BEGUN in q
systematic way. The experts found,
junbie in chaotic mass horses,
timber, wagons ana mining pnranh.r-
i"Iii indicating the force OF the order
explosion.
t'iro broke out soon after the ex-
nioslon. but WAS "gtinEuishcd Gas
iuncs made II Impossible FOR the mei.
10 work effectively Tor several hours.
The explosion tore out both cnds of
The pit aud blocked mp tho Interior.
Most OF the miners working about 800
feet below the surface. are foreign
born hut "a large number Of them are
English speaking.
The rescue work progressed rapidly.
ana iatc to-night the entrance had
been cleared. Several miners were re-
covered dive near the entrance, and
little farther on few bodies were
found
The mine in which to-days disaster
occurred is one milo from Frank. Al
bcrta.
Thomas corkel. Official of the
miners union, was one Of those vino
lost their lives. it was announced to-
might.
Several minc rescue experts said it
might take week TO reach the
bodies OF some Of those entombcd.