THE MINE CATASTROPHE IN FRANCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, 14 March 1906, Page 4

THE MINE CATASTROPHE IN FRANCE.

FURTHER DETAjILS. ' „,' WOItijD^VIDE^yMFATHY. ?O?ress Associ^tfpni— By.jiea^raph. ■ a _. V- Copyrigat.i :■'■' . FAELB, SSfarcfr 13i The nro is still" irag>ihg,';ia,t'''-' the ] Gourricres. mines,- : and bpertaltibhs; aro/suspwided. . v ; : '^V ' 'Seventeen rescuers have' perishe'd, ; , Tho Ohamhor of Deputies tvihasvoted £20,000 sterling t<?. . ".-tfie^ sufferers, and the mining coqipauies have sent £8000 as a first iiistiafnient of relief. i'Tho Pope telegraphed to the Bishop of Arras his ■condoieno6 i • 'The English, Welsh and'Sqqttish miners, the librd Mayor and inany •dtifers'have sent messages of sympathy. . ■ ." . -.. ■..-.• i- H Some Westpha'lian niiners, sent ,at t'he'Kaiser's instanca,;withxspercial apparatus, did wonderful work in extricating the dead from, somu o'f the galleries at Coiirrierei "''." ;K ; AUCKLAND;" March :''l3? . ?. lOn hearing of tbe mining disaster: at Coumttres, in France, several rosiidents of this -city have 'spon■iaiieously,forwarded ,to.- M,' Bouefye, ■the French -Consul. -fbcKbw -,'.Zea■lti.ndi..qQntributibnsvf<Jr;."reliief ofltho families of the victims.! A li^'i of .donations' will ;be r pulc];a>ed'fe%ndany further contr.ibutilpns towafda tie- .fund will be gratefully 1-eceived'; 'at ;the'.Con^ulat4 fbr* tranqniisslba ' .to'.l'drisv '- ■"-.'' -:'■' ■ . -. ■ v . ■ j