A COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
2 RESCUED; 250 ENTOMBED. [Bi Eleotbio Tklegbaph—Coptbight] [United Pbess AaaooivnoN. | (Received 1.50 p.m.) Washington, April 28. Ari explosion in the New River Collieries Coy's, mine .at Becklc.v, West Virginia, entombed two hundred and fifty men in the six hundred feet level. A rescue crew promptly organised and rescued two men seriously injured, but they were unable to reach the others. The explosion was so severe that it was heard for miles distant.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 7, 29 April 1914, Page 6
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75A COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 7, 29 April 1914, Page 6
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