A NARROW ESCAPE.
(BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONnENT). Thames, Last Night. Four miners, named John Smith, John Truscott, Wm. Ball and Egan, employed in the Kurunui-Caledcnian mine, had a narrow escape from suffocation. It appears they went on shift yesterday afternoon. About eleven o'clock last night, whilst they were working at the No. 4 level, gas came down from the No. 3 level. Smith rushed for the ladder to make for the surface, when he was overcome and fell, but providentially water failing down the shaft was the means of saving his life. Tin alarm was eventually given, and Mr Paul, manager of the mine, and Mr Brokenshire, manager of the Big Pump, were sent for. The Big Pump was stopped, and the imprisoned miners brought to the surface about one a.m. Assistant Mining Inspector Eyan and the manager inspected the mine this morning. All the men arc doing well, and no serious results are anticipated.
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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 231, 6 January 1898, Page 2
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