MINE ROOF FALLS IN; SEVEN MEN ARE KILLED.
TRAGEDY OF AMERICAN COAL FIELDS. Aus. an«l N.Z. Cable Association. Reuter’s Telegrams. (Received Julv 5, 9.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 3. A telegram from Willcesbarre. Pennsylvania, states that seven people were killed and eight injured on Saturday when a roof fell at a depth of seven hundred feet over an area of four acres in a coal mine near there. The fall released quantities of gas and made rescue work difficult.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17890, 5 July 1926, Page 1
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