THE MINING ACCIDIENT
(Per Press Association.) Syiixey, June 11. Tho Metropolitan mine has. been well-known for its "gassy" proper* lies, and special stops were always taken to prevent the ignition of burets of gas, which "were frequent but not serious. In fact, the outbursts did tho work of hewing, and it was only necessary to tap the coal to cause it to crumble. The present accident was duo evidently to a larger cavity than usual being Jilled with gas, which burst out instead of leaking.
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Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8454, 13 June 1896, Page 1
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85THE MINING ACCIDIENT Thames Advertiser, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8454, 13 June 1896, Page 1
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