THE PONTYPRIDD EXPLOSION
An Appalling Catastrophe
Londok, Juno 25. fromjlitcol' wcvelcaldcd, and instances heads or limbs had beon blown off, and in others clothes stripped from the corpses by tho the explosion. ■ . One group was found of 25 men who bad evidently been overtaken by afterdamp, and other groups who had shared the same fate were discovered i in various parts of tho mine. ; , One hnndred and seventy-five i . bodies have been recovered so far, and it is feaied the remainder of i those below are dead. There are signs .that at least ono f awful explosion occurred, and it is ) believed that instant death was the . fate of tboso exposed to its fury,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4758, 27 June 1894, Page 3
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114THE PONTYPRIDD EXPLOSION Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4758, 27 June 1894, Page 3
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