A COLLIERY DISASTER.
EXPLOSION OF FIREDAMP. 107 MINERS ENTOMBED. NEW YORK, February 21. An explosion of firedamp has occurred in the Alabama Steel and Wire Company's coal mine in Virginia. The explosion was of stupendous force. Of the men who were in the mine at the time, 107 are reported to have perished. Many others are entombed by the roof of the ways having fallen in many places.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19050222.2.36.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 45, 22 February 1905, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
68A COLLIERY DISASTER. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 45, 22 February 1905, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in