MINING ACCIDENT.
FOUR MEN OVERCOME WITH DYNAMITE FUMES. A GALLANT RESCUE. f Per Press Association. —< 'oj>;/ri<t/tt. , Perth, -Jul}" 21. Four men were sinking a shaft in the Central Boulder mine, Ivarlgoorlie. when a box of dynamite ignited, and they weVjC' overcome by the fumes. Several miners descended 150 ft. Both rescued and rescuers were in a bad state from the effects of the fumes. One of the rescuers a few days previously saved a mate, descending a 50ft. shaft and pulling out lighted fuses, when his mate fell to the bottom after firing the charges.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 384, 28 July 1897, Page 3
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95MINING ACCIDENT. Hastings Standard, Issue 384, 28 July 1897, Page 3
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