THE MINING DISASTER.
THE CAUSE A MYSTERY.
A TBAQIO DEATH. By telegraph. Press Ass’n, Copyright Sydney, Ootober 80. The oause of the explosion is a myßtcry. The ventilating tunnel and fan wore completely destroyed, and a large hole made at the servioe. . Adams’ death was tragic. He had just finished saying, “ Thank God, no lives are lost,” when ho was killed by the explosion. Four hundred employees of the mine are idle.
FIRE STILL BURNING.
By telegraph, Press Ass’n. Copyright
Reoeived 11.80 p.m., Oot 30. Sydney, Oot. 80. Both tunnels of tho mine have been scaled. Flooding was not resorted to. The fire is still burning. The extent of the damage is unknown. Fawins succumbed to his injuries, and Young is in a serions'eondition.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1590, 31 October 1905, Page 2
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