Show 42 Coat oal Biasi Killed 1549 In Manchuria TOKYO April 16 The Thc P The worlds world's worst mining disaster disaster disaster-an an underground c explosion x p I 0 S Ion which snuffed out 1549 Chinese and Korean Korean Korean Ko Ko- rean lives in the colliery colliery colliery col col- col- col liery In Manchuria was Manchuria was reported a for the first time Tuesday by allied headquarters almost headquarters almost four tour years after It happened The accident occurred April 26 1942 under Japanese occupation It was kept secret by the military from even the Japanese government government government govern govern- ment for a month The explosion was set et off by bya y ya a short circuit which ignited methane methane methane meth meth- ane gas gns That exploded an accumulation accumulation accumulation ac ac- ac- ac of coal dust in tunnels tunnels tunnels tun tun- nels for lor a n distance of more thun than two kilometers about 1 1 14 miles said Kirk V V. Cammack mining engineer with the natural re resources resources re- re allied headquarters sources division of 6 |