ENTOMBED MINERS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1576, 21 October 1912, Page 7

ENTOMBED MINERS.

' DISPUTE AS TO DEATH-ROLL

By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyrient Hobart, October 19. Mr, Mahoney, president of'the Minors' Union, speaking with regard to the conflict of opinion as to tho number of men ivho were entombed nt the North Mount Lycli lnino, says: "I was present when the accountant called tho Toll. The acMUntaiit hid tha morning time-sheet, which sh/iif ijil that there- were 102 men below. • Fiity-four woru rescued; therefore there are forty-eight below .if that sheet is correct. Tho only reason I ean v givo for the company making the number forty-two is thut during the excitement the men were not tallied correctly. Somo have since left, and that tally cannot be checked," Mrs. M'Carthy, widow of J. M'Carthy, the entombed miner who left a piteous letter of farewell, has not died from ehpclf, as was reported yesterday. SEARCH PARTY FORCED TO RETREAT. (Eeo. October 21, 1 a.m.) Hobart, October 20. A paTty of nine descended to the 700 ft. leyel at the North Mt. Lyell mine for the purpose of recovering bodies, but the noxious fumes compelled them to retreat. . ■ ■ The blast furnace has been allowed to run down, ' and. smelting has been discontinued. , , ' . THE KING'S SYMPATHY. (Eeo. October 21, 1 a.m.) .;-... Melbourne, October 20. .The Governor-General, Lor 4 Denman, has received a cable message from the Colonial Secretary expressing -the sympathy of the King and the Government in connection, with the Mount Lyell disaster,, ••■'.'