TWO HUNDRED MEN AND BOYS IMPRISONED IN A COAL-PIT.
-an accident of an alarming character has occurred at the chief pit belonging to the x., J? ~~aae Colliery Company (Limited) at Radchffe. On September 11 the work of winding coal was proceeding as usual, when if- g,mdlDS rods at the side of the shaft, on which a full cage was ascending, broke, and the cage and its contents, falling crosswise, were wedged between the uprights and the brickwork. The consequence was that operations were suddenly brought to a standstill, and the whole of the men and boys, numbering upwards of 2000, were imprisoned in the pit tor many hours. An apparatus was at length rigged up, and the miners were slowly and safely wound out of the pit by means of an unused shaft situate at a distance from the one in which the accident occurred
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Auckland Star, Volume V, Issue 1492, 21 November 1874, Page 2
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