DEATH-DEALING FLOODS.
FIVE MINES INUNDATED. HEROIC WIVES AND MOTHERS. NEW YORK, July 25. Sixty deaths have been caused by Hoods at Uniontown. Pennsylvania. In small towns stricken by a reservoir bursting and flooding the mines, fourteen men were- drowned like rats in a trap.
When the Hood entered the Superba mine at Evans’ Station, the men were cut off 4000 it[-T from the entrance shaft, and were drowned in the inner workings to which they ran, seeking to escape.
In other mines, many escaped by swimming through the galleries while the water was pouring in. Wives and mothers frantically tried to prevent the water entering one mine by throwing sticks, stones, and rubbish into a hole. The women then tried to enter the mine to give warning, but the overseers stopped them, fearing they would be overwhelmed. Five mines altogether were flooded, and great difficulty was experienced in recovering them bodies.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3586, 27 July 1912, Page 7
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151DEATH-DEALING FLOODS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3586, 27 July 1912, Page 7
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