17.5. A. -MIXEItS. NEW' YORK. August 1 ’>. Coal miners and operators are conferring at the Government's invitation lo compose minor differences which liad caused a. cessation ot tin.- general wage uegotia.tinns. These will now he resum,yl. !).") J3OUJES FOENI). (Received this day at 9.0 a.m.) -NEW YORK, August Id. A telegram from Rook Springs, Wyoming, states the rescue workers have brought a total <>f thirty-seven miners alive from the ruins of tin* exploded mine. They also found ninety-live bodies, ft is feared the total dead may exceed one hundred. .Mine officials ascribe the explosion to the derailment of a mine car whence a spark ignited the dust. Officials deny that a fire followed, asserting the deaths were due 'to suffocation hut the bodeix of most of the victims are charred beyond recognition as from dense smoke and flame.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1923, Page 2
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137Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1923, Page 2
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