GREAT COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
75 MEN ENTOMBED. THE MINK ON FIRE. ” ALL HOPE ABANDONED. United Press Association. Copyright (Received August 19, 11.40 p.nt.) LONDON, August 19. Vn explosion entombed 75 men at No. 1 Maypole colliery, Abram, near Wigan, destroying the ventilating drift and cage, and blowing the timber bead-gear in all directions, some portions of it. a distance of 200 ft. Clouds of smoke are issuing from the shift, and there are indications that the eoal in the mine has fired. There is a great danger of the entombed men being suffocated. Repairs to the fan-house are proceeding rapidly. A rescue pirty meanwhile Uoseemled into the Wigan Junction colliery, lialf-a-mile distant, which communicated with No. 2 Havpole, and penetrated several hundred yar<Ls towards the wrecked workings. Approaching these the air became almost unbearable, and heavy t'hl'.s from the roof impeded progress. Several dead ponies and then three dead miners were found, one being so terribly mutilated as to be unrecognisable. Tlio explorers were unable to speak with certainty of the condition of the mino as regards after-damp, although five members of the party suffered therefrom.
It was announced at 3 o’clock this morning that all hope had been abandoned.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2274, 20 August 1908, Page 3
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199GREAT COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2274, 20 August 1908, Page 3
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