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NAMES OF THE SUFFOCATED,
WAITEKAURT, S.S p.m
The names of the men suffocated in the rise are Brennan and Wallace. The former is said to be new to this district, but Wallace is well-known not only here but at Waihi and Tewhariki. Manager Barney, on the alarm being given, took prompt measures to extinguish the fire, which, from the fact that the chamber containing the engine is situated 500 feet in from the face of the hill and was the seat of the fire, was a matter of extreme difficulty. A large number of people, principally miners, flocked to the locality this morning to offer assistance. FIRE REPORTED TO BE EXTINGUISHED. The fire is now reported to have been extinguished, but the levels are still too full of smoke to permit search parties to . explore. The bodies are hardly likely to be recovered to-day.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 226, 24 September 1898, Page 5
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