RECOVERING BODIES OF DEAD MINERS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 24, 20 April 1927, Page 7

RECOVERING BODIES OF DEAD MINERS

THE DOBSON DISASTER Press Association. WELLINGTON, To-day. I It was stated to-day by the Min- | ister of Mines, the Hon. G. J. Ander- j son, that a rescue brigade was put- I ting up stopping to prevent any outbreak of fire in the rise workings of the Dobson mine. Arrangements would then be made to start a fan for ventilation, and pumping operations would be carried on until the bodies of the miners were recovered. The latest reports, he states, indicate that the mine is not so seriously damaged as w r as first thought. INJURED FATALLY OAMARU MOTOR SMASH Press Association OAMARU, Tuesday. The death occurred this morning of Mr. John Nicols, of Dunedin, who was injured in a motoring accident on Saturday morning. A car driven by Mr. Alfred Hicks, of Dunedin, ran over a bank near Hillgrove, and overturned. The driver and a boy, Cecil Davey, were not hurt, but the five members of the party, including Mr. Nicols, were injured. Mr. Nicols was thrown out when the car went over the bank. He died in the Oamaru Hospital. SEED-STORE FIRE DAMAGE AX DUNEDIN ROOF RED-HOT Press Association DUNEDIN, Tuesday. The fire brigade was called out this afternoon to the premises of Nimmo and Blair, seed merchants, in Willis Street, where fire had been caused by an overheated bearing. The flames spread from one of the seed boxes to a wooden smut-chute, and travelled about ten feet along it to the dust-house, which is a deep iron-walled and roofed apartment. The intense draught fanned the blaze in the dust-house, and burning kapok-like specks were everywhere. The roof was red hot, and the firemen found access difficult. The roof had to be removed. The grass-seed plant was considerably damaged, the wooden top being burned off, and the chute suffered severely. LANDMARK BURNED HOMESTEAD NEAR BLENHEIM Press Association BLENHEIM, Tuesday. The old Dodson Homestead, a wellknown landmark at Spring Creek, was totally destroyed by fire. The house, which contained ten rooms, was insured for £SOO in the Commercial Union Office. The contents were insured for £2OO in the same office. RHODES SCHOLAR HONOURED LUNCH AT SACRED HEART Mr. W. G. Kalaugher, one of the two. 1927 Rhodes scholars, was yesterday entertained by. Sacred Heart College, of which he is a former pupil. He was the guest of the college at a luncheon, over which the director, Brother Borgia, presided. In proposing the toast of the guest Bishop Liston offered him the congratulations of all on his attainment and wished him every success during his term at Balliol College, which Mr. Kalaugher will enter upon his arrival at Oxford. Monsignor Cahill, Chancellor Holbrook, the Rev. Dr. Buxton, and Mr. J. Malloy, president of the Sacred Heart Old Boys’ Association, also spoke. This is the last occasion on which Mr. Kalaugher will visit Auckland before he leaves for Oxford in August.