Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-05-10 | Page 5 | 72 Die, 49 Hurt in Mine Blast

72 DIE 49 HURTE HURTIN HURT i i IN MINE E BLAST DUCKMANTON Derbyshire Engl England England En En- gl gland nd May 10 UP two Seventy-two miners were killed 49 were known to be injured and a number of of others were entombed in the the- wrecked workings today after tw two violent gas explosions in the Markham Markham Markham Mark- Mark ham coal mine Rescue squads searched underground un underground un- un for trapped victims and and- Captain H. H F. F S. S Crookshank minIster minister minister min min- ister for mines informed the house of commons of the disaster Through grim coincidence the question of d danger nger from explosions in mines was up before commons as a result of Ellis Smith laborite asking what was being done to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent repetition of such blasts as the one last July Tuly at the coal mine at Trent Stoke-on-Trent when 27 miners lost their lives