AN AMERICAN MINING DISASTER.
CABLE NEWS.
APPALLING LOSS OF LIFE
United Punas Association— Copyright NEW YORK, Nov. 14.
Advices from Spring Valley, Illinois, state that it is estimated that 460' persons perished by a fire in a mine belonging to the St. Paul Company, of Cherry. All attempts at rescue have been abandoned. .
(Received November 15, 9.10 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 15.
A fire in a bundle of hay, which smouldered until it broke into flames, caused the mine explosion reported at Cherry. Of 434 men who were below, mostly Austrians and Italians, 30 near tho main shaft escaped; 200 retreated to tho furthermost ends of the galleries, and it is feared that they perished with the rest.
The flooding of the pit was impossible, and, with the hope of checking the flames, the managers closed tho mouth of the shaft. Six would-be rescuers were suffocated. Later, two volunteers, wearing oxygen helmets, tested the temperature to a depth of 380 feet, and found it nearly normal,, indicating that the firo was extinguished. There is some hope, though slight, of effecting the rescue of the imprisoned men.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2660, 16 November 1909, Page 5
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186AN AMERICAN MINING DISASTER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2660, 16 November 1909, Page 5
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