OVERCOME BY FIREDAMP.
DEATHS IN KAITANGATA MIN, TWO MEN SUCCUMB. HEROIC RESCUE WORKERS. Per Press A-suciat'oll.' Dun.d.n, November 8. An acc'dent occurred at ihe Kaiti. ngata eoal mine to-day, by wh ch Wm Lee, originier. >on of the manag.nf director, 24 years of age, and Frcde;ic'< Oliver Anderson, aged 46, deputy manager, a mairied man, lost the. lives. Work was going on in the , main drivi- to block off a fire. • Le. and Anderson went down to see A they could locate the file. Tiny enicied a return a nvay with search light", and were overcome with black damp The manager, on finding what they had done, at once tool: steps to search for them. Andersor. was found some thirty feet away from the door, and a second party fount Lee 200 ft away. Efforts were made lo resuscitate them, but without avai. The ni'ners worked heroically in gett'nir out the bodies, and several were overcome with black damp. Ander son was married and had a grown-up son..
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81884, 9 November 1906, Page 2
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168OVERCOME BY FIREDAMP. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81884, 9 November 1906, Page 2
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