MANY MINERS PERISH.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 May 1928, Page 6

MANY MINERS PERISH.

ONLY THIRTEEN RESCUED

ALIVE

Received Monday, 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK, May 20. • A Coal mine explosion at Mather, in Pennsylvania, entombed 182

men. Thirty-two bodies have been located; nine were rescued alive. The fate of the remainder in the fire-filled mine is uncertain. Five of the nine rescued are in hospital and are not expected to live. Experts believe that none of those entrapped in the mine will be found alive, but all possible efforts at rescue will be made; Aid has been extended by the Red Cross and other organisations and by miners. The explosion took place as the ;lay and night men were shifting places and caught part of each group of workers. It is believed that many bodies are now hidden in the debris. Later messages state that 13 have now been rescued alive. Thirty bodies have been removed and a like number located. Gas and fire damp hamper the rescue party, who fear that 200 are dead. Later. Thirty-four bodies of miners have been recovered. There is little hope for the balance of over a hundred and twenty.