ANOTHER AMERICAN DISASTER.
FATAL EXPLOSION IN A COAL MINETERRIBLE SCENE. TWO •; HUNDRED AND 1 'FIFTY - MEN i ' ENTOMBED. fit TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGIIT. ; ■ (Rec. Doc. 20. 0.44, p.m.). New York, December 20. An explosion and a firo occurred in the Pittsburg . Coal' Company's Nnrr mine, at Jacob's Creek, and 250 Americans and Hungarians were entombed. Smoke and .fierce, flames issuing from the mouth ..of the mine rendered rescue almost hopeless. The fans are now working, and it is hoped that..some of the unfortunate men are still alive. ■ .. i .. . This •is ,the. third mine explosion, accompanied . by great loss of life, which has occurred in the United States in the last three weeks. |
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19071221.2.35
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 75, 21 December 1907, Page 5
Word Count
111ANOTHER AMERICAN DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 75, 21 December 1907, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in