BOLTON DISASTER.
PITIABLE SCENES. WOMAN LOSES HUSBAND AN» FOUR SONS. RELIEF FUNDS OPEN-ED. (By Telegraph—Press Association CopjiriiEhi (Kec. December 2G, 9.15 p.m.) London, December 25. It is estimated that the 350 miner; killed in the disaster at tho Pretoria mini at Bolton, Lancashire, hav© left 1500 de pendents. One woman lost her husband, fourvsons and two nephews. Another man lest thirty reMjres ii tho disaster. A sum of J217.000 has already'been.sub scribed. Pitiable. • scenes were witnessed at th< company's office, when tho women cami to "draw the final pay of the dead mci anil lads, and also at the mortuary where the relatives; passing tho rows o dead, raised the.sheet over each, bed ti identify their relatives. Up to the present U3 bodies- have beci recovered. A body of 100 rescuers is continuing thi exploring of the workings. ' Tho King is giving Queen Mary ,£100; Queen Alexandra', ,£100; and Lord d< Forest, .£IOOO, to the relief fund. Many local funds are being established (Rec. December 27, 0.15 a.m.) Later* Forty thousand visited the Bolton col liery on Christmas Day. . Three-quarters of the mine has beei blown up. Two hundred and three bodies : havi now.been recovered.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1009, 27 December 1910, Page 5
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195BOLTON DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1009, 27 December 1910, Page 5
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