ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES
THE BOCHUM DISASTER. United Press Association—By Electiio Telerraph—Copyright. BEIILIN, August 10. The Kaiser visited the hospital. Many of theso rescued were shockingly burned and mutilated. The survivors state that there was a sudden dull roar and the lower levels filled with poisonous gases. The miners dropped their tools and ran to the exits, hut found them barred by masses of fallen coal and a wall of flame. Many retreated as far as possible into the interior and vainly waited rescue. Charred bodies are being brought to the surface.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10537, 12 August 1912, Page 1
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