MINERS, FIGHT FOR LIFE
AGAINST BLACK DAMP. CEABNEE-HOOSE IN THE CHERRY PIT. (Br Telograph.—Prwa A«eoclat!on.-Oot>jrlnhU (Rco. Novombor 25, 9.45 p.m.) New York, November 25. ' In llio Cherry coal-mine, where a firo' caused a disaster among several hundred miners—ol whom twenty wcro rocontly rescued—tho ex. plorations of tho search parties havo revealed grim details ol tho fight for life. Bodios. to. tho number of IGB wore' found in a great tangled mass, blocking tho Btoircasj , from tho third bo tho second coal vein. Escape was blocked by falling debris. Tho men had ', succumbed to black damp whilo endeavouring to push through obstructions while waiting foi tho rescuers. They had evidently been alivi ' ' for days. Tho, victims had niado two woodon fane, which were affixed to tho sliaft wall, and were turned by hand. In a fi antic effort to brusk back the black damp, a miner was found firmly gripping the handlo of tho fan. Tho victims .left notos written on pieces oj slate.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 674, 26 November 1909, Page 7
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