HEROIC WIVES.
SAD SCENES AT MINE HEAD. THIRTY-FIVE PERISH. KEMMERKR (Wyoming). Xe\<. Hi. Terrified relatives of the 47 men imprisoned in the coal mine at Kemmerer. as the result of an explosion, waited anxiously for the return of the first survivor. Several wives of miners implored to lw enrolled with tlio workers endeavouring to rescue the buried men. and wore with difficulty turned Hack from Uie smoke and gas-filled tunnel. Early next morning twelve miners were re~cued. H i= fcareil iluu the j remainder, estimated at :;.■>. liav« ; perished.
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 228, 25 September 1924, Page 5
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88HEROIC WIVES. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 228, 25 September 1924, Page 5
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