EXPLOSION IN COLLIERY.
THIRTY-SEVEN MINERS KILLED. (BI CABLE—PBE3S ASSOCIATIOH—COPYRIGHT-* (AtTSTRALLIH AND H.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATIOH.) (Received January 27th, 5.5 pjn.) NEW YOEK, January 25. . A message from Johnston City, Illinois, says that thirty-seven niinovs were tilled as a result of an explosion underground. A telegram from Shanktown, Pennsylvania, says hope has been relinquished respecting the forty miners entombed to-day through an explosion in the Lancashire mine. The rescuers reported the presence of dense black damp and water, which was rapidly rising. The fanhouse was wrecked by poison gas.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 17982, 28 January 1924, Page 10
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