A GAMBLE WITH DEATH
SENGHENYDD MINE RESCUERS. By Telegraph—Pre«s Association—Copyright (Timee—Sydney "San" Special Cables.) LONDON, October 21. It has been learned that 'when the first rescuers wero_ about to descend into the Universal Colliery at Senghenydd, a conference of experts was hold to decide the mode of procedure. It was recognised that those descending were risking their lives. 'Die seven men chosen rose from the table and went to different parts of the room, where they wrote farewell messages to their nearest and dearest. Throe made their wills, knowing they were engaged in a gamble with death.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8559, 23 October 1913, Page 7
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97A GAMBLE WITH DEATH New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8559, 23 October 1913, Page 7
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