MINE DISASTER
DEATH ROLL NOW >2 11 —" (130 MEN STILL ENTOMBED, PROBABLE CAUSE OF EXPLOSION, ■ A V-,-[United Brees Assn.-By Cable-®. Copyright.) V [Auetrallan and N.Z. Brest Asm.] _ -■ - (Received 23, 10.30 a.m.) New York, May 22. A message from Mather states that the total known dead in the mine disaster has now reached 92. Hope is still held out for some of the rev' maining 130 entombed men because of the discovery by the rescuers of a miner, Frank Bucsha, who was found sitting on a rail. “Where have you been?** he was asked. “I have been here for three days now,’’ he replied. “If you had not come soon something would have choked me.” He had sufficient strength to leave the stretcher upon reaching the stw face. Relief squads are working fraS tically FIRE AMID THE WRECKMH4, [Australian and N.Z Press Assa.T Washington, May 2k A message from Mather, Pennsjlß vania, states that fire broke out i# the wrecked mine and impeded tfil rescue work for some hours. Later it was controlled with no further M juries. Two miners, whose story is given credence, said they saw a cutting machine sever an electric cable and the sparks ignited gas and coalduslj A senes of explosions followed.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 136, 23 May 1928, Page 5
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206MINE DISASTER Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVIII, Issue 136, 23 May 1928, Page 5
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