The Perils of a Miner's Life.
(Per Press Association.) Auckland, April 10. Another death, caused by dust in the Waihi Goldmining Company's battery, has just taken place at Waihi. The victim is Joseph Hickey. He had to stop working in the battery about 12 months ago, since when hefhas tried a change of air and other means to recover from the injuries his lungs had sustained through the constant inhaling of dust, but all was of no avail, and he succumbed after a most painful illness. _____________
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 237, 11 April 1896, Page 2
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