CARDIGAN MINE DISASTER.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 85, 21 March 1902, Page 3

CARDIGAN MINE DISASTER.

PERILOUS JOURNEY TO SAFETY. * PJSB PRESS ASSOCIATION. Melboitrse, March 20. The water is receding slowly from the Cardigan mire, and there is a slight hope that King and Simpson may have escaped. A fall of a few more feet will allow the place were they were last seen to be re<ched. The foul odour from the water indicates an inrush from the' old workings. McGrath, while making his way through the man-holr-, was washed off the ladder and fell 37 feat. Tbo water at the bottom brcke his fall, aud be escaped with a few bruises. Simpson senior had a thrilling experience. Be had to make bis way a considerable distance in the dark, through five feet, of water, and towards the end it dipped to over six feet. He was compelled to swing from overhead timber to timber. RESCUE WORE DELAYED BY WATER. Received 21,1.6 am. Melbodenb, March 20. A further inrush of water this morning delayed the rescue opet at ions. Th 6 pumps are slowly reducing tho flow, and it is expected the rescuers will be able to reaeh the rise where Simpson and King were last seen at about midnight, There is small hope of their being alive. A great crowd has remained round I the mine since the disaster.