100 MINERS KILLED.
DISASTERS IN* GERMAN ■.-/.■■■/:•=.-_ : GOLLERIES-; - v- T y.- . -.:. ' ; BERLIN, March 17. A hundred miner, lost their lives an, twenty others sustained grave mjuri.s rri two disasters which Occurred yesterday at Klein Rosseln, near Forbach, and at St. Johann, near Sa^rbfipi-ken. .; The former happened while the night shift of colliers SWete at yorkr; |' There were eighty-fiveJmeii m .the ipart of the mine where .the explosion o'ecurrred, and seventy _ye were killed on ihe s spot. Fiy« others were entombed by falling debns ; and it is certain that they were also kill ed, and the remaining five sustained terrible injuries: - ':■*'-,■'■.■;. .- *T The noise of the expldsion was heard throughout other shafts and galleries m i the mine, where over 200 men wereal 1 work. Many of these men were thrown violently to the ground, and fifteen oi them were. seriously .injured, notwithstanding their distance from the actual explosion. ..-' ' ' T The Other accident occurred two hours later. A cage- containing twentytwon.en had just sta. totftd'ftescend vwhrin the rbpfc broke, and : the miners were precipitated ■to" the bbttorii of the shaft; where th? cage fell on them. All were'killed.instantly. . ..-.--■ ... ....__-.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10963, 4 May 1907, Page 3 (Supplement)
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