FIRE IN MINE
MILLER TO X A CCI. T) E XT. FIVE MEN INJURED. (By Telegraph —Per Press Association) WESTPORT, April 18. A fire of serious proportions has broken out in the middle and north west sections of the Westport Coal Company’s Millerton mine. Through th e fire, five men were more or less seriously burned. They are as follows : James Orman (burns to face and arms). Harold Smith (burns about arms and face). Llewellyn Halls (burns about face and arms). Albert Woods (burns to face and neck). Harold Webster (injuries less serious). The first four victims have been admitted to the Westport Hospital. The fifth man, Webster, was taken to his home. The fire broke through when a stopping suddenly gave away, and there was a hurst of flame up where the men were working. The men scrambled into a ditch where they escaped more juries. Volunteers were called out to-da v to combat the outbreak,
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 April 1931, Page 2
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