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WHITEHHVEN DISASTER.
INQUEST ON VICTIMS
EXPLOSION OF COAL DUST
AND GAS
[By Electric Telegraph.]
LONDON, December 3. The verdict at the inquiry on the Whitehaven disaster was that it was due to an explosion of gas and cord dust combined. There was insufficient evidence to show that it was due to a defective safety lamp. The closing of the pit was the rightful expedient, as there were no possible means of reaching the entombed.
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Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXI, Issue 2727, 5 December 1910, Page 3
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74WHITEHHVEN DISASTER. Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXI, Issue 2727, 5 December 1910, Page 3
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