COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
TOE DEATH ROLL. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Berlin, August 9. A hundred and one dead have been recovered. Sixteen are still missing. BURNED AND MUTILATED. HARROWING DETAIL?. Received 11, 5.5 p.m. Berlin, August 11. The Kaiser visited the Boehum Hospital. Many of the rescued were shockingly burned and mutilated. The survivors state that after a sudden dull roar the lower levels were filled with poisonous ga-sses. The miners dropped their tools and ran, but found the exits barred with masses of fallen coal and a wall of (Tame.
.Many retreated as far as possible into the interior, and vainly waited for rescue. Their charred bodies are being brought to the surface.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 72, 12 August 1912, Page 5
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112COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 72, 12 August 1912, Page 5
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