A TERRIBLE STORY
i BESCUE OF COURRIERE3' MINERS. . AWFUL PWVATIONB, ' LIVING 05 MM fcODIES. Received!, 8.4 p.m. Thirteen owners, iu a terribly emaciated'condition, were rescued from Um Courrieres mine. They ate the bodies of their dead comrades for food, also oats, the btrk of the timbering, and decomposed horae-flesh. v Nemy, the leader, describes graphi- ; t cally their struggles in the darkness to * find an exit. Finally, guided by the fresh air Which was introduced into the working* by explorers seeking a new road to tho'fire, they were rescued, The men aro being fed at intervals
with a teaspoonful of milk. There systems are affected, but it is hoped to ' % . save them.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8073, 2 April 1906, Page 3
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112A TERRIBLE STORY Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8073, 2 April 1906, Page 3
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