CADDER MINE DISASTER.
PATHETIC DETAILS. i By Er.EGTRio Telegraph—Copyright! [United Prkss Association. 1 London, August 4. Fifteen bodies were found together in the Cadder Mine unburned. The victims had died from afterdamp. Macdonald, the last man reached, was found alive after 19 hours. A doctor administered oxygen while he was being carried out in a critical condition. One woman lost three sons, and another two sons and a son-in-law. Thirteen victims were married.
HEART-RENDING SCENES. London, August 4. There were heart-rending scenes at the pit head at Cadder. The poisonous fumes rendered rescue difficult and rescuers were at times unconscious. All the pit ponies were suffocated. I The fusing of an electric .cable /was the possible cause;of the disaster-.;: > Four hundred men? :are ijdle as: •&, result of the explosion; ' r , Vl
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 78, 6 August 1913, Page 5
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131CADDER MINE DISASTER. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 78, 6 August 1913, Page 5
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