MINE TRAGEDY
TWO LIVES LOST
A HEAVY FALL OF EARTH
(By Telegraph—Press; Association!)
WESTPORT, November 14,
Two men were buried by fallen debris in the Westport Coal Company^ Millerton mine, with no hope of their recovery alive. Two other v.en working with them were also trapped, but of these one, J. Young, escaped with slight injuries and the other, John Blake, single, was later released suffering from shock. He was found pinned up by timber against a wall.
Miners worked in relays to remove the fall, which is apparently very heavy.' i_ate tonight they recovered the body of o^ie of the men, R. Brownlie. Shifts of foul? hours are being worked to reach the other, Joseph Hopkinson, an old servant of the company and deputy in charge. He was married, about 60 years of age, with four married daughters, a single daughter, and a son. Mr. Brownlie was a married man, over 60 years of age, with a married daughter and a> son..
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 11
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163MINE TRAGEDY Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 11
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