MINERS TRAPPED IN EXPLOSION.
91 ENTOMBED IN PIT IN VIRGINIA, U.S.A. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright A.N.Z.A.C. and Sydney “Sun” Cables. (Received Mav 2, 9.25 am.) NEW YORK, May 1. A message from Fairmont, West Virginia, states that ninety-one men were trapped by an explosion in a coal mine near there last night. Several hours afterwards rescue workers removed the bodies of eight dead and three fatally wounded. Little hope is held out for the other eighty.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18144, 2 May 1927, Page 1
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