MINING DISASTER.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 510, 19 October 1912, Page 5

MINING DISASTER.

THE DEATH ROLL. FIRE AREA CONFINED. By Telesraidi.- I'iv< Aoix-Kit juh. Oo|i.\TiH'))t llobart, Friday. Ell'orts :iro centred m «|U(illin/.c the lire ;it the ?(Hlft level, which is now confined to a small area. There is a com II in I: of opinion regarding the death roll. According to the company's ligures ) f> were entombed; . r )■] [ were rescued, and there nro 41 dead. The. president of.' the (J or mans ton Miners' Union declares the, roll showed that, were entombed. Me believes there are IS dead. Twentyeight bodies have been recovered. The rumour ."'presiding in the Gormanston district that. - r >7 are. dead ia based probably on the fact thill, T>7 collins were ordered. Melbourne, Friday. The Taimianian members of the House have o|ietied a relief fund for the. Mount Lye J] widows and orphan:-!. llobart, Friday. Mrs McCarthy, widow of ,}. McCarthy, an entombed Mount Lyell miner, who left a piteous letter <>i" farewell, ban expired from grief. Sho wan in delicate health.

AN ATTEMPT THAT FAILED.

MEAGHhHS' KE ADMITTANCE REJECTED. li.v Ti'l<'i;r,'i I til. l'riv-- AHS-ocinlioi). ■-OnjiyriljJlt iSydney, Friduy. The second reading of the Bill to readmit Meagher as a solicitor waa rejected by 28 votes to 1-].