ALEXANDRA MINE ACCIDENT.
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ENTOMBED MINERS' STORY. PBtt PBESS ASSOCIATION. Dpnedik, July 16. King, one of the entombed miners., stated, on being interviewed, that when the men attempted to Rain the shaft they were driven bait by tho heat. They birrioaded themselves off and initio au unsuccessful attempt to communicate with the surface. Their only Felt was the collapse of the shaft " We knew," he said, " that a rescuing' party was trying to come to our assistance. Our party took it in turns to try to find an outlet in tho direction in which wo thought a rescue party was earning." Tho smoke and fire damp was very bad. Kane was tho first to collapse, and then Churchill and Bruce. King struggled on, and met one of the rescue party, and told him that the others were just behind, and all were got out.
A roscuo party came from Bannockburn just in time, as the others were pretty well exhausted The Minister for Mines wired on Saturday authorising expenditure for securing help to save life. Assistance was offered from all parts of the district iu rescue work, and Chinese vied with Europeans in pick and shovel I work.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8158, 17 July 1906, Page 2
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199ALEXANDRA MINE ACCIDENT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8158, 17 July 1906, Page 2
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