MINE DISASTER.
EGRESS CUT OFF. - :V <] 147 ENTOMBED: 37 RESCUED. HOW THE SURVIVORS {WERE SAVED.; (by TEDEauArn-rPBEss association—copyright.) . .■'.'; ... London, Febriiary'l7. -, A colliery explosion occurred at the .West Stanley Pit, Durham. 'One hundred-and forty-seven persons'are entombed. V- ; A tongue of flame destroyed the shafting and cut off. egress from the. pit. ';,-' >- : •■;';■ The noise of japping has since been heard, suggesting that some of the men in one of tho four 'seams are still alivoi -. .■■;..• '■'-. '.•'. '■• ".:'■: ■', .- , Later. ~ Of the 147 persons entombed,,, 37:, : were rescued. It is feared the remainder have perished. .. -;; . ■:' The majority of- the. survivors were saved through •remaining in a by-way until the gases had cleared away. ..;■ ' .Many bodies recovered were found to be badly burned and mutilated...; . .;■"'"
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 436, 19 February 1909, Page 5
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118MINE DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 436, 19 February 1909, Page 5
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