COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
THREE HUNDRED MINERS ENTOMBED.
OVER ONE HUNDRED DEAD.
London, February 7. By a colliery explosion at Newport, Wales, 300 miners were entombed. Two hundred were rescued, but scores of bodies, although seen, have not yet been reached.
The majority of those rescued are seriously injured.
The explosion was heard for miles distant.
The bodies rescued presented a mangled appearance, and the scene at the mouth of the mine was heartrending.
At latest advices 120 of the miners entombed were reported to be dead.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 32, 8 February 1890, Page 5
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