MINE EXPLOSION.
Fifteen Men Entombed at Barnsley. I ! THREE FATALLY QA* r .Z\. I ( llecei veil 1 pin 1 I LONDON", Apui 12. t A fractured live wire en used an explosion following a fall from the roof ; at WharnclilFo colliery, Bariislev. | Fifteen men were entombed, three being fatally gassed when reached after ! eight, hours work quenching a lire with I granite diM. Mr. Herbert Smith (president of the Miners' Federation) descended the mine to assist.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 87, 13 April 1927, Page 7
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