SENSATIONAL OCCURRENCE
WATER-BURST IN A MINE. SENSATIONAL EXPERIENCES. (United Press Association — By Electric Telegraph — t upyrigia.) (Received December 23, J.o p.m.) LONDON, December 24. Eighty-seveai men we cut off by a wat<er-bu<rst in; a pet-shaft at Wigiaii. Twenty clung to tlio steam popes and resisteo tlie rush of the water. The re&t weire- helpleE®ly washed past the cage. Some otf these climbed the pumping pipes l and were later hauled to the surface. Tliere were many remarkable escapes, the men wading breast high tind being rescued.' after twelve hours. One old man die...'.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10511, 27 December 1911, Page 3
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93SENSATIONAL OCCURRENCE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10511, 27 December 1911, Page 3
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