THE MINE DISASTER.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 17 October 1913, Page 5

THE MINE DISASTER.

CABLE_ NEWS (United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph —Copyright).)

THE FIRST MAN COT OUT. RESCUERS CHEER. ' (Received October 16, 9 a.m.) ' LONDON, October 15. Further details of tlx© rescue work at the Universal Mine Senghenydd, Cardiff, where over 900 men were entombed as the result of an explosion, followed by fire, show that Moore, the first man rescued yesterday, was 1200 yards from the shaft. The rescuers burst into cheers on the first realisation of their hopes of any living persons being found. Moore recovered after a long period of artificial respiration. Proceeding, the rescuers found a dozen <Jeacl and living, also living horses lniddled together. v Another party in the west pit discovered Bert Williams, a footballer and; local boxer, unconscious amidst a group of . sixteen dead,, including A :a man and boy clasping hands. OVER FIVE HUNDRED RESCUED. THIRTY-ONE BODIES FOUND. , (Received Octobed 16, 9.45 a.m.) LONDON, October 15. Of the 935 men who descended into the mine, 532 have been rescued, thirty-one bodies having been found and 372 are still entombed. The fire has been extinguished. The rescuers are in touch with 29 men who are alive. HEAPS OF DEAD. HOPES OF RESCUE ABANDONED (Received October 16, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, October 15. The rescuers report that they have seen heaps of dead, but there is no news regarding the 29 men reported to be alive. The firs has re-started and is burning badly.; Hopes of further rescues have been abandoned. EIGHTY BODIES RECOVERED. (Received October 16, 2 p.m.) LONDON, October 15. Eighty bodies have been recovered v Hope of finding the remainder alive has been abandoned. MANY BoSSitevERED. PATHETIC SCENES. (Received Last Night, 11.20 o'clock.) LONDON, October 16. Many bodies have been recovered. Some died from the effects of gasj and others had violent deaths from the blast. Poignantly pathetic scenes occur all day as the processions take place from the pit's head to the village, marking the .last home-gqing from the lnines. A great crowd still surrounds the pit mouth, hoping against hope. The rescue parties descend at frequent. intervals, and are gradually pushing to the section where the bulk of the missing men worked. The fire is still burning, but is within control. ' One of the rescuers was killed by the fall of a roof. SYMPATHY FROM AUSTRALIA. (Received Last Night, 11.20 o'clock,) MELBOURNE, October 16. The Federal Government, through Lord Denman, has cabled regret and sympathy to the Welsh Colliery disaster. -