A MINING EXPLOSION
MAHY LIVES LOST. WORST WOT YET KNOWN. (By Cable.—Press Association.-^Copyright. , ) I (Received 0 a.m.) I LONDON, October 15. I A tremendous explosion has just oc- ! rarred in the Wingate Colliery, Durham, ; leading to the collapse of a portion, of , the shaft. . . A search for victims was at once be- ! gun, and 27 bodies were immediately recovered. Thirty others were rescued ; alive. j There is grave reason to fear that many are still entombed in the workings of the mine. '■ — ■—•
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 241, 16 October 1906, Page 5
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