PATHETIC SCENES.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association—By Electric Tclegrap Copyright.
RADBOD MINING DISASTER.
ANGRY DEMONSTRATION.
Received November 16, 8.53 a.m, BERLIN, November 15.
With regard to the disaster at the Radbod mine, Westphalia, it was decided to flood the mine in order to extinguish the flames. Prince Eitel Friedrich, second son of the Kaiser, arrived during an angry demonstration against the owers of the mine, who are accused of not providing sufficient precautions.
A crowd of 1,500 persons broke through the police lines and mobbed .Fringe Eitel's car.
The scenes at the pit head beggar
description. When the lists of the dead were issued, women attempted to hurl themselves into the shaft, screaming "Let us be buried with our husbands!"
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3046, 17 November 1908, Page 5
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120PATHETIC SCENES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3046, 17 November 1908, Page 5
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