PROPRIETARY MINE DISASTER.
TWO MEN gt-LEP.
SARBOW ESCAPE OF MANY OTHEXS.
JITTERY SAVES MANY LIVES.
SYDNEY, April 9. •T_e secretary of the Proprietary mine —orts that there has been an inburst at the 400 ft. level, supposed to ■l T e been caused by a fall in the vicinity - jj-e _re, which is still smouldering. SL _a_ was killed, and another is begeved «> ** lost - •prirate advices state that many men _ra badly affected with gas, but no dejijls are at present available.
(Received 9.33 a.m.)
SYDNEY, this day. later details show that two men j__ed Farquhar and Swainston succumbed to tne effects of gas in tie Proprietary Co.'s Mine, and another jssn named Tonkin is in a serious condition. Altogether about twenty men were effected, but except the three named they ijaTe recovered. But for the prompt efforts made by a rescue party, and the bravery displayed by, them, the affair strald have been much more serious. Several rescuers were amongst those overecmis by gas. At present there are no js_catio_3 of the fire spreading.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 86, 10 April 1906, Page 5
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