GERMAN COLLIERY DISASTER
THE MINE FLOODED. PITIFUL SCENES. AN ANGRY DEMONSTRATION. Berlin, November 1.1. The Badhod mine has been flooded for the purpose of extinguishing th-. 1 Humes.
Prince Kite] Friuilrich arriml at tlie mine during n;i angry demonstration against the owner,s of tho mine w"io were accused of failing to provide sufficient precautions /or the safety 01 the miners.
The crowd of 1500 people broke through tho police lines and jnobb>d 1 nncc Eitel's car.
The scones at the pithead beggar description. When the lists of the dead were issued several women attempted to hurl themselves "down the shaft screaming and praying to be allowed to be buried with their husbands.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 277, 17 November 1908, Page 2
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112GERMAN COLLIERY DISASTER Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 277, 17 November 1908, Page 2
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