FATAL MINING ACCIDENT
DRuWXHI) in A SHAFT. lteeeivcd 23rd, 12.!) u.in. Melhourne, .May 22. Iwo miners named Thompson and Robinson, working in the shaft of the Adelaide Reef mine, lost their lives. The driver failing to receive the signal to hoist the cage, made an examination, and found the cage stuck, with Ififl f P( ,t „f water in the shaft. Jt is believed the shaft was sunk close to an old drive, from which an inrush of water drowned' the two men before they had time to give (ho signal.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 23 May 1907, Page 2
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91FATAL MINING ACCIDENT Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 23 May 1907, Page 2
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