COAL MINE FLOODED
FIVE MEN MISSING. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 22. As the result of the flooding of a coal mine in Ponsnett (Staffordshire) five persons are missing, and it is feared they have been drowned. Fifty miners were in the pit when the water rushed in. The men made for the shafts, the water sweeping behind and carrying timber and everything along. Presently the cage became jammed, leaving five men behind. The water has risen so high that there is little hope of their safety. One thousand persons are collected at the pit bank. Pumping is proceeding frantically.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18257, 23 April 1923, Page 7
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104COAL MINE FLOODED Evening Star, Issue 18257, 23 April 1923, Page 7
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