Mine blast death toll reaches 42;37 trapped

       The death toll from an explosion at an illegal coal mine in central China rose to 42 yesterday with another 37 men still trapped with little hope for survival.
       Elsewhere in the same province,Henan,13 workers were killed in a gold mine fire sparked by the severing of electrical wires in a cave-in, the Xinhua news agency reported yesterday.
       Six of the 12 miners working underground at the time of the accident escaped to safety, but seven members of a rescue team were later trapped by the fire and also died, Xinhua said.
       The accident on Tuesday evening came hours after the explosion at the illegal coal mine in Henan where 93 men had been working underground.
       A statement on the State Administration of Work Safety's website did not give a reason for the pre-dawn explosion.It said 14 miners fled to safety.
       Two local officials were dismissed because the mine was found to be operating illegally. The mine's owners were placed under police surveillance and the company's bank accounts frozen.