THE LATEST.
A FURTHER FALL.
ALL HOPE ABANDONED
■Sydney, June 24,
The scene at the mouth of the company's pit where the minors are entombed presents a most painful and pathetic aspect. Crowds of women are waiting tli'-re full of anxiety for the fate of the men, and the distress of those most nearly related to the victims of the accident is pitiful. It i? believed four men, named Pettit, Mason, Peat find his son, were killed ou , right by the fall of the roof. After the first fall a party of seven succeeded in escaping, sifter terrible hardships. When brought to the surface they presented a pitiable spectacle, some of them bleeding profusely. Pettit/s mates worked desperately to release him, lint failed, and had at last to ily for their lives. Later. Another fall has taken place, which has driven the rescue party a, hundred yards further back. The subsidence extends over a total area of fifteen acres. All hopes of recovering the men alive is abandoned, and even the prospect of obtaining the bodies for Christian burial is small.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2645, 25 June 1889, Page 2
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