THE MINE DISASTER.
NOT CAUSED BY ELECTRICITY
RELIEF OF SUFFERERS.
OVER £50,000 RAISED.
By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. {Received December 30, 11 p.m.) London, December 30. The victims of the Hulton colliery disaster number 344, of whom 190 were single. The married men leave 153 widows and 276 children.
Two bodies have been recovered in a better state of preservation than others, which suggests that some lived a day or more after the explosion.
Mr. Gerard, an inspector of mines, states that it was impossible for the electrical coal cutter to have caused the explosion, as the electricity was disconnected at the time of the disaster. He has, he says, satisfied himself that electricity must be eliminated from the possible causes.
The relief funds aggregate £57,510, including contributions from Manchester of £13,000 and Liverpool £12,900.
Sir George Reid has forwarded the Commonwealth's donation of £2000 to the fund, and the Daily News, commenting on this, says that it is a signal exhibition of brotherly feeling, and will strengthen the ties binding Britain and the colonies in the Far South.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14566, 31 December 1910, Page 7
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