EXPLOSION IN MINE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16566, 2 June 1914, Page 7

EXPLOSION IN MINE.

ELEVEN HEN KILLED. By Tclegrtpli—Pres* Association—Copyrieht. LONDON. May 31. In a gas explosion, at the Silkstono colliery, Wharncliffe (Yorkshire), eleven men wove killed. The rescuers, after threo hours’ dangerous work, brought the injured men to the surface. Most of them succumbed. The nows caused the breaking-up of cricket and other sports, and a wild stampedo to the pit head. A SURVIVOR’S EXPERIENCES. (Received Juno 2, 12.5 a.m.) LONDON, Juno 1. Maycock, a survivor of the Whanicliffe explosion, states that ho was boring with others in a byway when a mighty wind carried them into the mainwav. He was badly stunned. A great flame rushed by, scorching his face and setting his clothes ablaze. He extinguished the flames and .crawled along the bottom till ho communicated with officials.

’Kite rescuers found others suffocated by after-damp. Tho pit was regarded as the safest in Yorkshire.