COALMINE DISASTER IN KENTUCKY
\() HOPE FOR TWENTY-EIGHT ENTOMBED MEN. i Independent Cable Service.) Received July 16, 7.30 p.m. PROVIDENCE (Ken.), July 16. All 28 miners entombed in a coali mine following a terrific explosion, I are dead, is the opinion of rescue j workers who have toiled for 40 hours to reach the scene of the blast. Up jto the present time 19 bodies have i been recovered. Rescue efforts coni tinue. IThe force of the explosion smashed the motors and equipment and tossed a two-ton locomotive 200 ft.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 166, 17 July 1939, Page 7
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89COALMINE DISASTER IN KENTUCKY Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 166, 17 July 1939, Page 7
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