COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
| ELEVEN MINERS KILLED. ( By Cable—Press Association —Copyright London, May 31. In a gas explosion at the Silkstone colliery,. Wliarneliffe, eleven were killed. The rescuers, after three hours' dangerous work; brought the injured men to the surface, but most of them succumbed. The news caused the breaking up of cricket matches and other sports, and a wild scramble to the pit head. STATEMENT BY A StTiVTVOE. PIT REGARDED AS SAFE. Received 2, 12.5 a.m. London, June 1. Maycock, a survivor of the Wharncliffe colliery disaster, states that he was boring with others in a by-way, when he heard a noise as of a mighty winil, which swept the mainwav, badly stunning him. A great flame rushed by, scorching his face. Ilis clothes were ablaze, but he extinguished them and crawled along the bottom and communicated with the officials. The rescuers found others suffocated by the after-damp. The pit was regarded as the safest in Yorkshire.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 12, 2 June 1914, Page 5
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156COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 12, 2 June 1914, Page 5
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