Teriffic Explosion.
Oyer 1000 Deaths. (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association). PARIS. March 11. A fire which occurred at a depth of seven hundred feet led to a terrific explosion at Courrieres mines, in the north of France, at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning. The cages were destroyed, and the cuttings filled with poisonous fumes. Three galleries became a vast furnace, the flames leaping to the pits' months. Seventeen hundred and ninety-five miners were buried. Four hundred were rescued. The latest estimate of deaths was 1193. Agonising scenes were witnessed at the pit heads. When the news spread that the galleries were caving in further attempts at a-escue were abandoned.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8136, 12 March 1906, Page 5
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110Teriffic Explosion. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8136, 12 March 1906, Page 5
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