TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT BALCLUTHA.
Balclutiia, Friday. Between 8 and d this morning the Kaitangata Coal Company's mine exploded. Edward Dunn was at the time entering the drive with his horse, and they were both blown about fifty yards clear of the pit's mouth, and the boy was killed. There are some 36 men inside the pit, and none have yet been rescued, though every effort is being made to get at them. Immediately after the explosion Mr Griffen, the station master, despatched an engine for Dr Smith, who reached the scene of the accident within 15 minutes. There is great excite«*?nt.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 45, 21 February 1879, Page 2
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102TERRIBLE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT BALCLUTHA. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 45, 21 February 1879, Page 2
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