182 MEN ENTOMBED
IN COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
NINE RESCUED ALIVE.
32 BODIES RECOVERED.
FATE OF REMAINDER UNCERTAIN.
(By Telegraph —Press Assn.—Copyright.* (Australian Press Association.) (Received May 21, 9.25 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 20. A coal mine explosion at Mather (Pennsylvania), entombed 182 men. Thirty-two bodies have been located and nine rescued alive. The fate of the remainder In the fire-filled mine Is uncertain. Rescuers are working.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17407, 21 May 1928, Page 7
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