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EXPLOSION IN A MINE.
DISASTER IN WEST VIRGINIA
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN
ENTOMBED
Washington, April 28
An explosion in the New River Collieries' Company's mine at Beckley, West Virginia, entombed 250 men in the 600 feet level.
A rescue crew was promptly organised, and .■rescued two men who were seriously injured, but was unable to reach the others.
The explosion was so severe that it was heard miles distant.
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13456, 30 April 1914, Page 5
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70EXPLOSION IN A MINE. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13456, 30 April 1914, Page 5
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