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Mine Disaster.
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A report received from Birmingham
(Alabama) this afternoon says that a
number of men were killed 33 the result
of an explosion, of gas 5n a coal mine
in cou'tn -awoama.
Rescue workers believe that between
30 and 40 miners (many of them
negroes) have been kUled, and many
others were burned severe^u
A later report says that 61 men arc
known to be dead. Seventeen men 'have
been rescued. The cause of the explosion
has not been ascertained. — Reuter.
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