"A MIGHTY GUST."
SILKSTONE COLLIERY DISASTER.
A SURVIVOR'S STOBY. By Cable. —Press Association,- —Copyright. LONDON, June 1. Maycock, a survivor of the colliery disaster, states that he was boring with others in a byway, when a noise, like that of a mighty gust of wind, carried him into the mainway, and he ; was badly stunned. A great sheet of flame rushed by, scorching his face, and setting his clothes on fire. He extinguished the blaze, and crawled along the bottom of the shaft, and communicated with the officials. The rescuers found others suffocated by after-damp. The pit was regarded as the safest in Yorkshire.
[ln a gas explosion in the Silkstone Colliery at Wharncliffe, eleven persons were killed. The rescuers, after three hours' dangerous work, brought the injured men to the surface, but nearly all succumbed. The news of the explosion caused the breaking-up of Cricket and other sports', and a wild stampede to the pit-head.]
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 99, 2 June 1914, Page 7
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