A COLLIERY DISASTER
EXPLOSION AT MOUNT KEMBIA.
150 MINERS ENTOMBED. RESCUE PARTIES AT WORK. FIVE BODIES RECOVERED. HEARTRENDING SCENES. Press Association—By Telegraph— Copyright. SYDNEY, July 31. (Received July 31, at 5.52 p.m.) A disastrous explosion has occurred at Mount Kembln, Colliery. A loud report was heard at Wollongong, seven miles away. All the district doctors have gone tp the mine. No details are to hand. 7 p.m. .(Received July 31, at 8.40 p.m.) No details are yet to hand. It is unknown whether the mouth of the pit collapsed or whether there was an explosion. A telephone message from the pit indicates the latter, as groat volumes of smoke are issuing from the mine. It,is believed about 200 men are entombed. One surface nand was killed a,nd several injured. The State Parliament adjourned out of sympathy with the. sufferers.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12420, 1 August 1902, Page 5
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