MINE ON FIRE.
0— ■./' TWENTY-ONE MEN IMPRISONED. TWO RESCUED. HOPES FOR THE SAFETY OF THE' OTHERS. - ar rni.Enitirji—mess association—corYniGHiLondon, March 5. Through the upsetting of candles, tho timbering in tho Hampstead Colliery, Birmingham, .was set on .fire.'. Nine of the men traversed the flames and escaped, but twenty-one returned to the workings. , ' • A rat was lowored in order to test the atmosphere, and was brought up alivo.' Later, two men wero rescued in a semiconscious condition, and are'recovering. . They stated that they shut the doors, and provonted ' the smoke reaching thoir comrades. They hoped all their comrades were' safe: '■ •"" ' ' J
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 5
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100MINE ON FIRE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 140, 7 March 1908, Page 5
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