HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING.
THE CHERRY MINE DISASTER. I By Cable—Press Association—Copyright New York, November 2M. Waite and Clelland, the heroes at the Cherry coal mining disaster, and their immediate supporters, had n furious hand to hand fight with Lithunians, who argued that all the water should >e given to the strong, adding •'• the sickwill die anyway." Brandishing knives, tho Lithunians sought to steal water stored in holes. Waite and Clelland struck them down, established guards, and insisted on a double supply of water for their weaker and disabled comrades. The explorers last night reached the lowest level, where air was found, also water, They bops to reach wore survivor*.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 248, 25 November 1909, Page 2
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108HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 248, 25 November 1909, Page 2
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