MINE DISASTER
EIGHT MEN ENTOMBED Aust—N.Z. Cable Assoc. Rec April 27, 9 40 a.m. London, April 26 An inrush of water in the Apsdale pit, Staffordshire, caused another disaster. One man was killed and seven entombed, but it is believed that they have been overcome by black damp and that their rescue is hopeless. One hundred and twenty-three men were working in the pit, and 115 escaped by means of tunnels driven into the pit from the hillside. The eight not rescued were working in a distant corner, and rescue parties, wearing oxygen apparatus, got within thirty yards of the place where the seven men are believed to be, but were driven back by heavy falls.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LI, Issue 8273, 27 April 1923, Page 3
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116MINE DISASTER Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LI, Issue 8273, 27 April 1923, Page 3
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