TWO MEN ENTOMBED
IN A COAL MINE. Per Press Association. Westport, Last Night. bI S fall nf earth and stone in the J) oodcild section of the Westport Coal Company's Denniston mine occurred late this afternoon, burying two men. Thev are Jack Muir, an old resident, a widower, with a married daughter in Sydnev, and a snigle daughter at Petone, \V<s lington; and Jim Bowers, a single man, who has taken a prominent part in local boxing Relief parties were at once organised, but their, efforts to get near the scene of the accident were frustrated by further falls of stone. The accident occurred in the old workings from which for the past two years meu nave been engaged removing pillars Miners are now at work clearing away the fall, which is believed to cover several chains of the tunnel. This is understood to be the first double fatilitv which has occurred in the Westport Company's mines.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 170, 27 October 1910, Page 4
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157TWO MEN ENTOMBED Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 170, 27 October 1910, Page 4
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