KILLED BY FUMES
MINERS IN KALGOORLIE REGION. BRAVE ATTEMPTS AT RESCUE BAFFLED. By Telegraph—Press, Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.50 a.m.) KALGOORLIE, This Day. Three men were killed by fumes in a gold mine at Dundas. The victims descended the shaft in a bucket and were immediately overcome. Other miners made gallant rescue efforts, but were driven back by the fumes and narrowly escaped the fate of their mates.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1939, Page 6
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68KILLED BY FUMES Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 February 1939, Page 6
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