MOUNT LYELL DISASTER.
c . MINERS INDIFFERENT TO THE ALARM. By Telecranh—Prtes A.B6ocintlon—OoDyTight Hobart, January 7. Tho inquiry into tho, North Mount Lyoll disaster of October last, in which over .10 men'lost their lives, has boen'resumed. ' Coulter, a draughtsman, said ho was working at tho 850 ft. level when tho alarm of firo was given, 'but a number of men thero took it as a joke. . n Cox, an Underground foreman/: who was working at tho 850 ft. level, said ho sent four cages away, and wont up in tho fifth. Nobody answered his call, i The witness was tho last to leave, Eight men woro left in 'No. 20 stope, who declined "to .follow. Ono said: "No,, it is as Safe as a house here." 'The,smoke was very thick. Tho witness considered it would have been the same if several exits.hail existed. '..'/
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1642, 8 January 1913, Page 7
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142MOUNT LYELL DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1642, 8 January 1913, Page 7
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