EXPLOSION IN MINE
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HUNDRED MEN MISSING. DISASTER IN PENNSYLVANIA. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) Received March 22, 10.55 a.m. NEW YORK, March 21. A message from Parnassus (Pennsylvania) states that more than 100 coal miners are not accounted for six hours after an explosion to-day in the Kinlock mine of the Valley Camp Coal Company. One hundred and seventy men escaped. Two bodies have b,een recovered. Flames raged at the entrance. Gas after-damp is reported in the pit.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 96, 22 March 1929, Page 8
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84EXPLOSION IN MINE Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 96, 22 March 1929, Page 8
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