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FEARFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAit ST. HELENS

... FEARFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION NEAit ST. HELENS. LOSS OP FOURTEEN LIVES A dreadful colliery explosion occurred about noon on Tuesday, at Messrs. Bromilow and Co.'s Garswood Colliery, which is situate ia Ashton, near St. Helens. The town of St. Helens waa thrown into a fever of ex- citement on the news becoming known and crowds rushed to the scene of the catastrophe, which is about three miles ...

Published: Wednesday 28 August 1867
Newspaper: Blackburn Standard
County: Lancashire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1326 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: john eden