FATAL EXPLOSION.
NINE KILLED, TEN WOUNDED# •••'• FIFTEEN ENTOMBED. By Telegraph.— Association— New York, October 23. "" An explosion of a keg of blasting powder in a Harrisburg coal mine;. followed by a caving-in of the workings, resulted in nine persons being killed and 10 wounded. The fact that the men were changing shifts when the explosion' occurred saved many lives. Afterdamp accounted for several deaths. Fifteen men are still imprisoned in . the deep workings of the mine. . ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14820, 25 October 1911, Page 7
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