The French Mining Disaster.
— (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Press Association.)
Eeceived April 2, at 8.d5 a.m. PAKIS. April 1. $ A live horse has been found in the second pit at Courrieres, In addition, the bodies of several miners, who had only been dead a day were found. llie Matin violently attacks the engineers for negligence in not exploring the galleries. The paper suggests' that they are responsible for the death of all those who were not killed by lire damp. Two hundred and fifty miners and the engineers are now .exploring the mines but the work is exhausting owing to the noxious .gas. [The disaster occurred on March 10th.] _________
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8154, 2 April 1906, Page 5
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