EXTRAORDINARY DUEL
RIVALS FIGHT WITH PICKS ONE MORTALLY WOUNDED (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) LONDON. 20th January. No duel was ever set in such extraordinary circumstances as that fought between two miners at Saint Etienne colliery. They were rivals for the hand of a village girl and decided to settle their claims in the workings. The duel was fought out with picks in the light of two Davy lamps 800 feet underground; After twenty minutes one. Jaques Roche, fell mortally wounded with a deep gash in his head. The other ascended to the surface and fled.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 22 January 1931, Page 7
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