DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.
COAL MINE IN NATAL
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. CAPETOWN, Oct, 9. A terrible gas explosion occurred at the Durban Navigation Colliery . situated at Newcastle (Natal). A shaft was completely destroyed, and a large number, of natives and four whites were entombed. It is reported that 116 natives and four whites have been killed. Rescue parties are at work, and already 30 dead l natives have been brought out/
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 October 1926, Page 5
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