MEN ENTOMBED.
EXPLOSION IN A COLLIERY, FOUR RESCUED. THE MINE ON FIRE. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received May 13, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 12th May. An explosion occurred a/t the Wellington Pit, Whitehaven. Of one hundred and thirty persons entombed, four have been rescued. The pit belongs to the Earl of Lonsdale. A terrific report was heard at 8 o'clock in the evening. The noise came from near a spot were one hundred and forty-one men were working. Dense fumes hammered the work of the rescuers. Two of the rescued belonged to a gang of thirteen. The rest failed to reach the shaft. The mine is on fire. UNDER THE SEA. THREE MILES FROM LAND. RESCUERS APPROACH THE FIRE. (Received May 13, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 12th May. Th« majority of the entombed miners are In a deep seam under the sea three miles from land, and a mile away from those who were rescued. The rescuers are now within eight yards of the fire. King George has sent his condolences. [Whitehaven, in Cumberland, is a eea.port, on. a creek of the. Irish Sea. It. exports great quantities of coal from mines which extend a long way under the town and beneath the 6ea.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIX, Issue 112, 13 May 1910, Page 7
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