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MEN PERISH IN U S.
k MINING DISASTER
NEW YORK, March M^Cfnehqndrid and 35
men ', perished in. a milling disasttf at ‘Centralig
(lUinbis) yesterday being trapped underground
triheh a soft-coal mine exploded. ; ' ;
FdOrteeh hours after 'the' blast1
swept through .the mine. • resen
ers.were,unable to reach sec
tJogs^VplU men were en
Tweptir-one bodies, have bpen
found in accessible' tunnels. Eight
men-Shdve been brought but olive.
There were 143 men In the mine
when'the explosion occurred.
Dark i fclductt of dust ore still
pouring 'out of-the mine, and re
scuers nave been forced back, even
although wearing oxygen masks.
Telephone communication' with
.the men In the mine was severed.
■ One of the respued said "Things
ard really a mess down there."
Appeals have been broadcast
for doctors; nurses, ambulances,
inhibitors, and Iron lungs. ‘
The mine ,1s located at-Wamat
near Centralis. anil Is 540 feet
' Willie police forced back crowds
of weeping relatives from the Pit
head, rescuers tolled feverlsnly
and succeeded / Jn- re-establishing
communication .with one group'of
18 trappbd miners, .'who are 're
ported ;to. be uninjured.
, The group, who were contacted
By . telephone, reported they, were
lighting bad alr. but since then no
an »ver has' come from them.
About it score of'miners, whoies
caped |usf.after, the explosion, had
to fight.'oH choking tumes. -Tney
brought uu'the-.b'ody of. one fellow
worker;- then - ; Joined resouers ■ in
the mine. .
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