FIRR IN A MINE.
EIGHTY MEN IN DANGER
FORTY ENTOMBED. Bj- Telegraph—Press Aesociation-CflpyrleM New York, February 23. A fire broke- out in (ho Western Coal Company's mine at Colgate, Oklahoma. Eighty men were cut oil', but many dashed to safety, escaping in the nick of time. ■Six dead bodies have been recovered. It is believed that forty ni«n aw still entombed. The resellers «vo very active, .but. it is not, believed (hat (here is much hope of (lio-e imprisoned being got oiil alive.
LATER. ALL BUT NINE RESCUED. (Rec. February 2fi, 0.25 a.m.) Oklahoma, February 25. All excepting nine ' have been rescued from tho Western Coal Company's mine. Eight bodies have been recovered. The mine is being flooded in order to extinguish the fire. It is not believed that any have been left alive.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1373, 26 February 1912, Page 5
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