MINERS ENTOMBED.
DEATH ROLL 100.. TOUCI-ITXG SCENES AT PIT MOUTH. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 11, 1 a.m. New York, December 10. An explosion occurred in the main mine nt the cross mountain system at Knoxville, which entombed probably a hundred miners. Thrones of women and children are besieging the shaft-mouth. Three entombed men escaped by a lateral shaft. Rescue parties were driven out by the flames' without seeing any signs of the victims. Little is expected to be done til! the fire is subdued.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 141, 11 December 1911, Page 5
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84MINERS ENTOMBED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 141, 11 December 1911, Page 5
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