MINING ACCIDENT.
(j;y K. , ,:x:r.KiG , — coi'yiuuiiT.) Sviwkv, -Tntiß 22. ( IiM'.AT CXcitOllKlll'". lias l)(;i'ii Cill.S"(l hero owinq to tin: colla;):-,;; of tin; root of a MKxl miiio near Newcastle. Su far a.s is known at present fourteen miners wore enioin'ic'l. Eight liavn licon rescued, and as *% the shouts or the oUiers can be iuwd, then; is a pro'oaMlity of all being rescued alive. The collapse is believed to have been caused by the removal of pillars in workings about io be abandoned. From forty to fifty miners were engaged removing pillars which support the roof when tho collapse occurred. On Saturday morning mass after mass fell with a deafening roar, and everything was in a state of chaos. Numbers of tho men who were below had a miraculous escape. Nothing is authentically known as to the actual number imprisoned, but it is believed to have been twenty-five. Of these eleven have been rescued. Relief parties arc working continuously. Thousands of persons, are assembled at the pit mouth awaiting to hear news of the missing men.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2645, 25 June 1889, Page 2
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174MINING ACCIDENT. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2645, 25 June 1889, Page 2
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