A GRIM DISCOVERY.
VICTIMS OF WEBTPHALIAN MINE DISASTER. STARVED TO DEATH. PREMATURE ABANDONMENT OF RESCUE WORK. Received 6, 10.53 a.m. Bbblin, Mb; 5. Twenty-two oorpsei have been found in the Borusain Mine, in Westphalia. There are indications that thane* tims stared to death, after the explosion in the mine in June, •They caulked all the erevioei with strips from their clothes to prevent the inrush of gases. ' Explorers examined the surface, u they did at Courrieres, and early re. linquishod hope.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8103, 7 May 1906, Page 2
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81A GRIM DISCOVERY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8103, 7 May 1906, Page 2
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