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MINE DISASTER

CABLE NEWS'

(Unittd Frew A»sociation— By 2Slet>trie Telegraph-—Copyright.)

tiBNDREDS.OF MEN tNTOMBED

ONE HUNDRED BODIES RE(OQVERED. ! ! .(Received Last Night 5.5 o'clock. 1 * I BERLIN", August 10. ' His Imperial ."'Majesty the who lias arrived asit Bocham (We tc- : phalia), where an explosion: of liredamp occurred in a mine in which fi?o meu were working, vipited the hosmtal. Many of the rescued miners w .to shockingly burned ;yus mutilated. ; , The survivors estate that after v. > were filled with poisonous gases. The miners dropped their tools, am! ran for the exits, .vihich they lomul barred by masses' cf fallen coal and a wall .of flame.. Many retreated as ifar as pc«s : bk into tho interior of the mine, where they vainly waited to 'be rescued. On© hundred .and tteee were killed, and twenty dangeroaisjly injuredCharred bodies continue to hj" brought to the surface <£ the pit. A hundred and ten have so far been recovered. The Kaiser, speaking at the Krupi centenary celebrations, referred feelingly to the disaster at Bocham.

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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10691, 12 August 1912, Page 5

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MINE DISASTER Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10691, 12 August 1912, Page 5

MINE DISASTER Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10691, 12 August 1912, Page 5

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