COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, May 24. By a colliery explosion at Caerpholly, Wales, 150 minors wore entombed. Intense anxiety is felt for their safety’. Latbk.—Throe of the miners who woro entombed as a result of tho explosion have been rescued. Many bodies have boon recovered. FURTHER DETAILS. HEROIC ATTEMPTS AT RESCUE. By Tolegraph-Prcss Association-Copy’right London, May 25. Details of the Caerphilly’ mining disaster show that the majority of the night workers had ascended, leaving seventy in tho pit. Three explosions occurred near *■ the uppermost shaft. The gangways became choked with the ruins. The firo damp almost suffocated tho first explorers, but the heroic efforts to rescuo still continue.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 116, 27 May 1901, Page 2
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