Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-07 | Page 21 | Death Toll 27 in Peruvian Mine

DEATH TOLL 27 IN PERUVIAN MINE MIN LIMA Peru Dec 7 AP The AP-The The death toll that resulted from the flooding of a gaper gallery in the Campana Campana Campana Cam- Cam pana mine near the Andean mining city of Morococha was estimated by tho the ministry of public works today to be twenty seven I Thirteen men entombed in the Alejandria mine were rescued Captain McGregor an Am American rican engineer was among those listed as having been drowned in the tho flooded mine The Tho others were a a. foreman and twenty-five twenty workers The disaster occurred an official st statement said when water leaked through from San FrancIsco pond at the mine Into the tho mine shaft Twelve men and a foreman were entombed in the other mine but were Were rescued a after many hours' hours work The assistant secretary of public works went to tho the scene The Tho mine Is one of those owned by the Cerro de Pasco Copper cor All of the mines in the vicinity are aie- connected by galleries Most of them are deep and pumps are required to keep them free of water As soon as the disaster in inthe inthe inthe the mine was known workers in each of ot the other shafts wre 01 ordered to the tho surface I It was believed that tunneling beneath the bed of the San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco pond which Is about three square miles mUes in area weakened the lake bottom and allowed a partial caye cave