GRAHAMSTOWN.
- ' ■''•' ' - ; --.. : *'^'- -'■'■- '■■■ '.'■ '--' " --;JB!&>nday, 'l An accident isJ reported ? at- the I'Big", Pump shaft. ; Three miners wer^'dver^;' come with bad air m working at jftie: 400 ft. level ; but were gallantly rescued, after being several hours m great danger. f ; yi The ,two:Burgesses> who: were hurt at a football match, are recovering. * ' ■ "Wednesday, A meeting -, w;as held to-day to consider the desiiabiM^ of g^uig' some public • testintoniaL^oi the inenV who so gallantly rescued three miners from the Caledonian 3nine^V|Dra>^(mdayy daring; tbe r infius of Carbonic Stcid gtts. A large cdnimitteie : was: appointed, and "subscriptions- are^ to.^Ve -collected. The. names of the -men^ who distinguished themselves m restcuirig their mates ; at; the' peril of :■ their qwiv ;lives , ftixeEatdford, ,I«eitnT MofrisdnV affd Jcmii. The ftcovemg.^ One %as:BeVOT^Jliours m the bad ''■air, insensible m of tHe chambers, and (Irwin made ra; dash into -the;^^ chamber, and .draggea/^e-rinanima^^ An inquiry : '&s mine became flooded with ' gis7w|ile the men #ere allowed:^^to, be^worjyng, is demanded '^ but, tts ; ,& : mudfigo mspectorship 1 W-, inT abeyance there appears to be no person authorised to make the inquiry. , =
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 97, 22 September 1877, Page 2
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176GRAHAMSTOWN. Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 97, 22 September 1877, Page 2
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