TEN MEN ENTOMBED IN BOWELS OF EARTH
5,000 FEET DOWN AFRICAN MINE DISASTER (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 10 a.m. CAPETOWN, Wed. One European and nine natives are entombed in thousands of tons of rock, nearly 5,000 feet down, in the City Mine, following the most intense pressure burst that has ever occurred on the Witwatersrand. One white was severely injured. He was rescued, but subsequently died. Sixteen natives were brought up alive. The area involved is 700 ft. square. Following a fall of rock, the timbering yielded, and the footwall burst with volcanic force. The rescuers were in constant peril, owing to the loose rock in the vicinity.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 422, 2 August 1928, Page 9
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116TEN MEN ENTOMBED IN BOWELS OF EARTH Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 422, 2 August 1928, Page 9
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