The Coal Mine Disaster
— . « (per press association.) London, August 28. The work of rescue at Park Slip Colliery was carried on in a scene of the greatest excitement. The gallant men who went down into the mine to save their comrades had to creep along the ground to prevent the gas suffocating them. Stumbling over the bodies, and taking refuge from time to time behind the pil- ( lars supporting the roof, they, by slow degrees, at length reached the spot where the survivors were entombed. The wildest joy was shown on the bank as the rescued men were hauled to the top, women and children frantically embracing one another. Knockings were heard in the distant workings, and the efforts of the rescue party were renewed amid crowds of shrieking women calling upon them to save those still entombed.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 31, 30 August 1892, Page 2
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138The Coal Mine Disaster Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 31, 30 August 1892, Page 2
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