ACCIDENT AT THE MIRANDA COAL MINE.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 151, 29 June 1887, Page 5

ACCIDENT AT THE MIRANDA COAL MINE.

A man named James Clarkson, who was eno-aged in the Miranda Coal and Iron Company's Mine at Bridgewater, near Mercer, sustained injuries yesterday, at the bottom of the main shaft. At present nothing definate is known as to the origin of the accident. Clarkson had only been encased a few days before. He was working some distance away from the spot where the accident occurred, and in fact had no right to be there. His mabe stabes that he told Clarkson to go and get a slack tub To do this ClarksOn required to go into an. I disused drive at the other side of bhe bottom of the shaft. In order to prevent accidents occurring from the descending and other causes the management have had a deviation drive put around the botbom of the shafb. Apparency in order to save time, Clarkson had passed across the cage at the bottom of the shaft without letting the man in charge know that he was doing so. It would seem that just as the man crossed the cao-e it began to ascend, and it is concaught, and by that means he was raised some distance up the shaft and subsequently .Ml to the bottom again Claikson's mates heard him shriek or shout, and n? once hurried to his assistance, when they found hS lS at the bottom of the mine. man, who was , conveyed to the tiam 1 named Epaoi-ncotT and° Joseph Cobine. Upon £5 at bhe Auckland ta £ possibility of an a °" ae " l '" h ° les 0 f the U Clarkson at ended to to^ jss* %-ffj* __ ° f the """'■