EXPLOSION OF GAS
NEW YORK, August 2. An explosion of gas wrecked a mine at Pottsville (Pennsylvania). Thirty-six miners were caught, and only six were rescued. August 3. A second explosion at Pottsville, which is believed to be due to dynamite, killed five out of six rescuers. The superintendent, who was rescued, states that the cause of the disaster will never be known, since everyone who was likely to know .’s dead.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3099, 6 August 1913, Page 25
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