TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN WESTPHALIA.
The explosion of fire-damp in the coal mines of New Iserlohn, in Westphalia, appears to have been much more serious than was at first stated. The number of men at work at the moment was 210, of whom 189 were killed, and the remainder more or less severely injured. About one hundred and fifty bodies have been already recovered.
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Southland Times, Issue 927, 3 April 1868, Page 5
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64TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN WESTPHALIA. Southland Times, Issue 927, 3 April 1868, Page 5
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