TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
¦ ? TWO HUNDRED MINERS REPORTED KILLED. [united press association. I j Brussels, 11th March. > By an explosion in a coal mine at Charlo- ' roi 300 miners have been entombed, but | hopes are entertained that they will all be i rescued alive. 13th March. i Fifty-six miners have been rescued from i the raino at Charleroi. i It is now believed that two hundred of the men have been killed by the explosion. Latest. AN OUTBREAK OF FIEF.. THE WORK OF RESCUE ABANDONED. fSPBCIAL. | (Received March 14, 10.50 a.m.) Brussels, 13th March. Tho Charloroi colliery, in which the e,xplosion took place, has caught fire, and the work of rescue has had to be abandoned. It is believed that 140 persons have perished, including five women.
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Evening Post, Volume XLIII, Issue 62, 14 March 1892, Page 2
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126TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Evening Post, Volume XLIII, Issue 62, 14 March 1892, Page 2
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