BIG MINING DISASTER
A DISGRACE TO CIVILISATION. By Can'" Press Association—Copyright Washington, April 9. The deal' 1 "ill in the Throop mining disaster was "When the bodies were brought to pit-mouth the undertakers fought t' •"cure the corpses, hoping to obtain the burial fees. There were disgraceful scenes until the police interfered. The death roll in the Banner mine disaster exceeds one hundred all told. Few bodies are recoverable because of the black damp. The victims were mostly negro convicts. Forty-five workers, noticing black damp, dashed in the direction of the shaft, and were rescued in the nick of time.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 275, 11 April 1911, Page 5
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100BIG MINING DISASTER Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 275, 11 April 1911, Page 5
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