COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
/'ELEVEN MEN KILLED. | (Per Press Association—Copyright.) "(Received June' ly-10.30 aim.), LONDON, May 31.' , In a gas explosion at the Silkstone . Colliery at Wharncliffe, 11 men were : killed. . The rescuers, after three hours' dangerous work, brought the'injured men,, to the surface, but they mostly' • cumbed. ' •,.£.'-, The news caused the' breaking up of cricket and other sports, and a w.. stampede to the pithead ensued.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8852, 1 June 1914, Page 5
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