Rescue operation after an explosion in a coal mine in Borinage Belgium.

Explosion in coal mine leads to disaster in Borinage Belgium. Numerous people gathered on road. Rescue team approaches the site. Police men restrict men and women from entering the disaster site. Dead bodies. Men bring out a dead body from the mine. King Leopold II of Belgium personally supervises and instructs the rescue team in relief work. Wounded people sit on the road side while a woman cries. The burial procession accompanying the dead bodies to the grave. Thousands of people stand on the road side as the procession passes.