MINE DISASTER.
MINERS THROWN DOWN 1200 FEET. SOME STILL ENTOMBED. By Telegraph.—Press As3n.—Copyright. London, Oct. 21. The entire workings of the Levant tin mine, near Penzance, in which a disaster lias occurred, extend cinder the Atlantic. The accident, by which 40 men are believed to have been killed, owing to the collapse of the winding engine, was due to the breaking of the iron couplings supporting a vertical beam down the shaft and the antiquated form of elevator 'known as the man engine. Small platforms projected from the beam at intervals of 12 feet, corresponding to platforms placed on the side of the shaft. The upward and downward movement of the beam enabled miners to ascend and descend by 12-foot stages. The collapse occurred when the miners had finished tlie shift and were returning to the surface, thus many were thrown headlong to the bottom of the shaft, over 1200 feet. A number are still entombed, and the .moans of the injured can be heard at the surface. Nine bodies have been recovered.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 24 October 1919, Page 5
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175MINE DISASTER. Taranaki Daily News, 24 October 1919, Page 5
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