BARRIER OF TROOPS
FAMILIES HELD BACK FROM DEATH-PIT. BIRMINGHAM (Alabama). One hundred men are believed to have been killed in an explosion in the Dolomite mine (nine miles from Birmingham). $ The first man to return to the surface told stories of horrible scenes at the main entry to t)he pit, where he passed over the bodies of the dead and neard the badly injured moaning for aid as the fatal after-damp entered their lunge. —Reuter. NEW YORK Fire has hindered rescue work all night, and families of the minors, who include a number of blocks, am being kept back from the mouth of the shaft by a force of militia. —"Central News.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11423, 20 January 1923, Page 13
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