CABLE NEWS.
(BT SUtCTRIO TITLEORAPH. — COrTBIQUT.] — — ■ ♦ WINGATE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. .THE TOTAL DEATH-ROLL. [FRE33 ASSOCIATIOK.J *"*""* LONDON, 16th October. The noise of the explosion, at Wingate Colliery was heard four miles away. Tho death-roll is stated .at twentyfour. The victims were stonemen and shifters, who were preparing workings for tho hewers. (Received October 17, 8.18 a.m.) LONDON, 16th October. Ninety-three miners were rescued from the Wingate Colliery. The colliery officials declare that the deaths were due to the effects of afterdamp.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 93, 17 October 1906, Page 7
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79CABLE NEWS. Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 93, 17 October 1906, Page 7
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