"AS MAN TO MAN"
MR. BALDWIN'S SYMPATHY
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, 2nd March. It is estimated that 51 lives were lost in yesterday's colliery disaster at CwniEbbw, Monmouthshire. One hundred and sixty-one men were working. Most were in parts of the pit not seriously affected by the explosion, and were recovered. .
It was announced in the Hduso of Commons that there was no possibility of any more men being rescued alive from Cwm mine. Exploration showed that the Black Vein Seam, in which 28 mcii were entombed; was full of gas. It was feared, therefore, that the total death-roll would be 52.
The Prime Minister (Mr. Baldwin) and Mrs. Baldwin visited Cwm to-day, and were given a full account of the disaster and of the rescue operations. They visited several of the bereaved families. To the father of two young men who lost their lives, one in attempting to save the other, Mr. Baldwin said: "I havo come to see you as man to man. I havo come not as Prime Minister, but as a man who wishes to express his sympathy for you.''
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1927, Page 9
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184"AS MAN TO MAN" Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1927, Page 9
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