MINE EXPLOSION.
LONG DEATH ROLL.
Known Dead 92 In Pennsylvania Disaster. HOPE STILL LINGERS. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association.) (Received 9.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, May 22. The total known dead in the Mather mine fire damp explosion has new reached 92. Hope is still held out for some of the remaining 130 entombed men with the discovery of a miner named Frank Bucsha.
He was found sitting on a rail, and when asked: "Where have you been?" replied: "I have been here three days now. If you had not come soon something would have choked me."
He had sufficient strength to leave the stretcher upon reaching the surfacc. The relief squads are working frantic-
Fire broke out in the wrecked mine yesterday and impeded the rescue work for some hours. Later the flames were controlled. Two miners whose story is given credence say they saw a cutting machine sever an electric cable. The sparks thus caused ignited the gas and coaldnst below and a series of explosions followed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 120, 23 May 1928, Page 7
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