AUSTRALIAN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Received April 13, at 11.20 a.m. Melbourne, April 13. A torriblo accident occurred in the nir chamber on a ace ion of the Hobion'i J3ay main sewerage works last night. Si rqen wore working in the chamber when suddenly the water burst in. Mr Wation, an engineer, was about to enter the chamber when a man named JJurko, who was inside, pushed him back and shut the door in his face. Looking through the glass in the door, Watson Raw tho water rising. Bu kes action was that of a hero. Apparently ho riw that thoro was iid chanoj for himself or tho others in the chamber, and ho closed the door in ordt-r to aavp tho livea of those in the tunnel. The names of fjie drownod aro Buchanan : (civil oi'glnoer). Burke /boss of the shift), Johnson. Gabriel, Jacksqn, and Foster. None of tho bodios have yet been recovered,
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8160, 15 April 1895, Page 2
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158AUSTRALIAN NEWS. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. (PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.) North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8160, 15 April 1895, Page 2
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