WHITEHAVEN DISASTER.
CAUSED BY COMBINED EXPLOSION. Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock. LONDON, December !?. The verdict of the jury at the inquiry into the Whitehaven mine disaster, which occurred in May last, was that the disaster was due to an explosion of gas and coal-damp combined. ..""... There was insufficient evidence to show that the explosion was due to a defective safety lamp. closing of the pit was held to be a rightful expedient, ss there was no cossible means of reaching the entombed men.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10132, 5 December 1910, Page 5
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83WHITEHAVEN DISASTER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10132, 5 December 1910, Page 5
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