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FIVE LIVES LOST

LANCASHIRE TRAGEDY

. FIRE IN COLLIERY SEAM

RESCUERS RISK GAS

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) (Received June 7, noon.) LONDON, June 6. Fire in a seam 800 yards below the surface of the Astley Green colliery, Lancashire, caused the loss of five lives, including the manager. It is believed that three of the victims were cut off and the others died in attempting to save them. ! Rescuers risked being gassed in retrieving several injured men. A i thousand men who were in the mine were sent to the surface. The area affected was eventually sealed to avoid further loss of life.

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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 11

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FIVE LIVES LOST Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 11

FIVE LIVES LOST Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 132, 7 June 1939, Page 11