A MINING TRAGEDY.
DROWNED LIKE RATS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. New York, July 25. Sixty deaths were caused by the floods at Union Town, Pennsylvania, in the small towns which were stricken by the reservoir bursting and flooding the mines.
Fourteen m«n were drowned like rats in a trap when the floods entered the Superba mine at Evans station. The men were cut off four thousand feet from the entrance shaft, nnd' were drowned in the inner workings, to which they ran seeking escape. In other mines many escaped by swimming through the galleries while the water was pouring in. The wives and mothers frantically tried to prevent the water entering one mine by throwing sticks, stones and rubbish into the hole. The women then tried to enter the mine, to give warning, but the overseers stopped them, fearing they would be overwhelmed. Five mines altogether were flooded, and great diflk-ultv was experienced in recovering the bodies.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 59, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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156A MINING TRAGEDY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 59, 27 July 1912, Page 5
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