Fatal Mining Accidents.
[ (Per Press Association.) Sydney, Dec. $. A shocking mining accident has hap* pened at Gundagai. A man named Wilson was crushed to death by a fall of earth. His mate, Webh, was caught in the debris, and great olforts wore made to extricate him, but the mullock and water gradually rose and drowned tha unfortunate man in the presence of his helpless comrades. Two miners, named Curran and Smith, have been found dead in the Stockton mine, at Newcastle. It is supposed they were suffocated by white damp. The Government inspector (fears that there most be fire in the old workings, or that fire is generating, and has closed tbe mine until careful inspection has been made.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 133, 4 December 1896, Page 2
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