BURIED UNDER COAL
MINER RESCUED BY MATES ESCAPES WITH BROKEN LEG (From Our Own Correspondent.) WHANGAREI, Thursday. A portion of the roof in Wilson, colliery, Hikurangi, collapsed last evening, and Mr. Edwin Cooke, aged 45, was buried beneath a fall of coal. His mates rescued him after a difficult task. Mr. Cooke suffered a fracture of the left leg above the ankle and abrasions. He was taken to the Whangarei Hospital, where he is progressing favourably.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 453, 7 September 1928, Page 1
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76BURIED UNDER COAL Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 453, 7 September 1928, Page 1
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