A BRAVE LAD.
London, July 5
Tom Lewis, of Newport, aged 14, crawled through a small hole 300 feet below the surface of the ground. He worked in, head downwards, fo r two hours,, and succeeded in sawing a beam and releasing a workman. The earth, however, suddenly collapsed. Lewis was hurriedly rescued, but the workman was killed. Another man was released by amputating his legs, but he died after the operation.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 8 July 1909, Page 3
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72A BRAVE LAD. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 464, 8 July 1909, Page 3
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