MINING DISASTER.
THRILLING EXPERIENCES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, March 20. The water is recoding slowly from tho Cardigan mino. There is a slight hype that King and Simpson may have escaped. A fall of a few more foot will allow tho placo where they were last seen to bo reached. The foul odor of the water indicates an inrush from tho old workings. McGrath, while making his way through the manhole, was washed off the ladder, and fell 37 feet. The water at tho bottom broke his fall, and he escaped with a few bruises. Simpson, sen., had a thrilling experience. He had to make his way a considerable distance in tho dark in five feet of water, which towards the ond dippod to over sixoy feet, and he was compelled to swing from overhead timber to timber. Received 12.12 a.ru., March 21. A further inrush of water occurred this morning, delaying rescue operations. Tho pump is. slowly reducing tho wator. It is expected the rescuers will be ablo to reach the rise where Simpson aud King were last soon obout midnight. There is small hope of their being alive. There has been a groat crowd round the mine siuce the disastor.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 371, 21 March 1902, Page 2
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202MINING DISASTER. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 371, 21 March 1902, Page 2
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