EXPLOSION IN A COAL MINE.

Otago Witness, Issue 2105, 28 June 1894, Page 13

EXPLOSION IN A COAL MINE.

Press Association— By Telegraph— Copyright. London, June 24. An explosion has occurred at a mine in Pontyprldd in Glamorganshire. Two hundred and sixty persons were below at the time, and so far only a few have been rescued. The work of rescue is proceeding. So far 86 bodies have bean recovered from tbe Pontypridd mine, and 17 of the men have been rescued.- One hundred and twenty of the miners are still entombed. June 25. The bodes recovered from the colliery at Pontyoridd were scalded, and in many instances ihe beads or limbs had been blown off, and in other instances the clothes were stripped from the corpseg by tbe force of the explosion. One group was found of 25 men •who had evidently been overtaken by afterdamp, and other groups who had shared the same fate were discovered in various parts of the mine. One hundred and seventy-five bodies have been recovered so far, and it is feared the remainder of those below are dead. There are Figas that at least one awful explosion occurred, and it is believed instant death wa* the fate of those exposed to its fury.