A COLLIERY DISASTER.
TWENTY-SEVEN BODIES RECOVERED.
London, October 15. An explosion occurred at the Wingate Colliery, Durham.
Twenty-seven bodies have been rcovered and 30 miners rescued alive. It is feared that many are still en:ombed.
EXPLOSION HEAKD FOlt MILES.
Received 16, 10.50 p.m. Losdoj. - , October 16 The explosion at the Wingate colliery was heard for four miles. The victims were ptonerLen and shifters who were preparing the woirkiogs for the hewers. Owing to the rescue of some reported dead, the death roll is now twenty-four.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81867, 17 October 1906, Page 3
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85A COLLIERY DISASTER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81867, 17 October 1906, Page 3
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