\ : : : : THE ALABAMA COLLERY DISASTER
: — ♦ — (By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) WASHINGTON, April 9 There were nearly 300 convicts at work in the Banner Goal Mine at Littleton, when a great explosion occurred. It MUed sixty ' of the men outright. The other 200 were entombed Later — The death roll at Throop was seventy-four. When the bodies 1 reached the pit mouth, undertakers fought, to secure corpses, hoping to obtain burial fees. There were disgraceful scenes until the police interfered. The death roll at the Banner mine disaster' exceeds a hundred all told, No bodies are recoverable because of blade damp. THe victims are mostly negro convicts. Fifty-five workers, who noticed black damp, dashed in the direction of the ;..shaft and were rescued in the nick of time
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Grey River Argus, 12 April 1911, Page 1
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