Colliery Disaster
LIQUID OXYGEN EXPLOSION
United Pres 3 Associalion.— By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. CALCUTTA, July 25. The worst colliery disaster ever experienced in India occurred at Giridih as a result of the ignition of liquid oxygen explosives. Thirty-three Were killed and 7G injured. .Ten women are among the dead.
Giridih is about 150 miles northwest of Calcutta, in tho province of Behar, Bengal.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 175, 27 July 1935, Page 5
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62Colliery Disaster Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 175, 27 July 1935, Page 5
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