GAS EXPLOSION.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12618, 10 April 1934, Page 5

GAS EXPLOSION.

SECOND EDITION

JAPANESE MINERS TRAPPED. ALL WORKERS SAVED. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. TOKIO. April 9. After a. gis explosion in the Fuka—shima colliery, near Fukushima City, between 50 and 100 miners were trapped be'hind a raging furnace. HEROIC RESCUERS.

NINE MEN. IN CRITICAL CONDITION. (Received 10 a.m.) TOKIO, April 9. Following the Fukushima c-olliery explosion rescuers made most, strenuous efforts and saved all of the 130 workers, of whom nine are in a critical condition. WIDOWER’S DEATH. RIFLE ALONGSIDE BODY. Electric Telegraph—Press Association HAMI LTON April 9 The body of Matthew Gibb, aged 58 years, a widower, who was employed at a sawmill at Waingaro. *as found in a whare this morning. A .22 rifle lay alongside the body, which was in bed. The deceased had been in ill health lately.. eiftVdrowned. BOAT OVERTURNS IN BIHAR. CALCUTTA, April 9 Fifty were drowned when a large rowing boat overturned during a storm on the River Devi. Bihar. WOMAN SERIOUSLY INJURED. INVERCARGILL. April 9. As a result of being struck by a motor-car at a street intersection last night, Mrs Ellen Moorhouse was admitted to hospital w T ith serious injuries. It was raining at the time, and the driver, a high school hoy, stated that he did not see Mrs Moorhouse till it wa s too late» to avoid the accident.

YOUTH SERIOUSLY INJURED. OAMARU, April 9. Allan Mould, aged 17, was seriously injured yesterday when his rifle went off as he was getting through a fence at Kakanni. The bullet entered his side, and he was admitted to hospital. His condition is serious. FOUND DEAD IN BED. A single man. aged about 50. named William Fulton, a visitor to Wellington from Blenheim, was found dead in his bed at the New Commercial Hotel. ACCIDENTS IN WELLINGTON. M iss M. Robinson stumbled in a cafe and upset the. water from the pie-heater, receiving scalds to Tier arms, back and legs Colliding with a small motor truck at the comer of Wakefield and Taranaki Streets. A. Edwards messenger. who was riding a. bicycle, received a small wound on the head and concussion. Thrown off his motor-cycle through striking a dog near the Miramar Fire Station. Andrew Waddell. "labourer, living at Weka. Street. Miramar, was later admitted to the hospital suffering from concussion. A two-year-old child. Richard Martin. who lives with his parents at 53A Hutt Road. Lower Hutt. received severe scalds on his body. legs, and left ami. and shock, when he fell into a bucket of hot water, just drawn from the supper. A. H. Williams, of 2 Waipapa Terrace. Kataitai. a. company secretary, was knocked down by a motorcar while crossing the road near the Takapau bridge, just on the city side of Tawa. Flat. FTe sustained a fracture to his left leg