Shanghai Feb, 14.
Regarding the reported explosion in the Fushun Biine pits of the South Manchuria Railway Company, in which over 3,000 Chinese minors are. alleged. to' have been killed, oficial information reaching Shanghat Office of the S.M.it, confirmed that the report is a gross exaggeration.
The actual facts wore that the ventilation tunnel of the main pit o€ Oyama colliery depot, collapsed on the morning of the 9th,—thereby. gausing "spontaneous combustion. The tunnel head was immediately fan emergency measure 16 nut the fire, Thanks to. this
fiuman casualties occurred, "Prompt are, no, property, damage oF steps having been taken to ensure the safety of the pits,.coal is now extracted as usual' in' the affected
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