MINERS ENTOMBED
KENTUCKY EXPLOSION. PROVIDENCE (Kentucky). July 16. All the 2S miners entombed in a coalmine following a terrific explosion are dead in the opinion ol rescue workers who have toiled for 40 hours to reach the scene of the blast. Up to the present time .19 bodies have been recovered, but the rescue- efforts continue. , , The force of the explosion smashed motors and equipment, and tossed a two-ton locomotive 200 feet.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 193, 17 July 1939, Page 7
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72MINERS ENTOMBED Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 193, 17 July 1939, Page 7
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