MINE EXPLOSION
THIRTY-SEVEN MEN KILLED (Rec. January 27, 5>5 p.m.) New York, January 25. A message from Johnston City, Illinois, reports that thirty-seven miners were killed as the result of an explo-sion.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. FORTY MINERS ENTOMBED (Rec. January 27, 11.5 p.m.) New York, January 26. A telegram from Shanktown, Pennsylvania, says hope is relinquished respecting forty miners entombed to-day through an explosion in the Lancashire mine. The rescuers reported that deuse black-damp and water were rapidly rising. The fanhouse was wrecked by poison gas.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. POSSIBILITIES OF RADIO IN MINE DISASTERS (Reo. January 27, 5.5 p.m.) New York, January 25. Powers to investigate the possibilities of the radio as a life-saving agency in mine disasters have teen vested in the international officers of the United Mine Workers of America, according to a message from Indianapolis. It is explained that experiments have proved that it is possible to operate a receiving set a thousand feet under the ground.—'Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 104, 28 January 1924, Page 7
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161MINE EXPLOSION Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 104, 28 January 1924, Page 7
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