MINING DISASTERS.
38 BODIES RECOVERED. By Electric Telegraph.-r Copyright. (Received Dec. 14, 8.5 a.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 13. Canaries utilised in tho Gross Mountain mine showed that the deadly gases were strong. A few more bodies have been recovered. (Received Doc. 14, 1.55 a.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 13. The fire in the mine at Riceville broke out a second time, and hope has been abandoned of rescuing tho remaining miners. Numerous messages were found scrawled on the walls of the mine, indicating that the men had been driven further in because of the fatal gas. Thirty-eight bodies have been recovered.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143670, 14 December 1911, Page 3
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100MINING DISASTERS. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 143670, 14 December 1911, Page 3
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