Dairen, May 12. The death-roll in the. disaster the Fusnun mines yesterday, when automatic Tift crashed following coal-gas explosion, is now given 24, while eleven others were seriously injured.
The tragedy occurred in tHe Hsin tung pit.
'The miners in the death-lift were hurled 180 yards downward and fell on a group of fellow workers walting below' to ascend.
There were over a thousand minfers in the pit at the time, but although the explosion was followed by a fire all except those who were killed or injured were rescued with
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