SHOCKING EXPLOSION.
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(United Prat Association—By Ekeijic Telegraph — Copyright.)
A MINE WRECKED. THIRTY MINERS KILLED. (Received Last Night, 5.5 o'clock.) NEW YORK, August 3. An explosion of gas wrecked a mine at Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Thirty-six miners were caught, and only six were rescued. ANOTHER EXPLOSION. KILLS FIVE OF THE RESCUERS. Received Thus Morning, 12.20 o'clock. NEW YORK, August 3. A second explosion at Pottsville, believed to be due to dynamite, killed five of six rescuers. The Superintendent of the mine, who was rescued, states that the cause of the explosion will never be known, since everyone who was like, ly to know is dead.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 August 1913, Page 5
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105SHOCKING EXPLOSION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 4 August 1913, Page 5
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