MINE SHAFT FLOODED
TWENTY-SIX MEN ENTOMBED. COMMUNICATION ESTABLISHED. fPrew Association—By Telegraph—Copyright-) NEW YORK. April 14. (Received April 15. nt 5.5 p.m.) At Hcnryetto. in Oklahoma, 20 men ■were entombed when the roof of a coal mine collapsed, permitting water from a flooded creek to enter the shaft where the men were working. The shaft filled to a depth of 20ft, but tbe miners kept above water, and are now marooned in the workings. Communication has been established with them. —A. and N.E. Cable. ALL THE MEN RESCUED. NEW YORK. April 15. (Received April 15, at 11 p.m.) Ail the men were rescued yesterday. — and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20075, 16 April 1927, Page 14
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