THE KAITANGATA FATALITY.
MINER KILLED BY FIRE DAMP. | ! ' J (By Telegrflph.—Press Association.) / ". DUNEDIN, Thursday. Details of the accident at the Kai« tangata coal mine, by which William Lee, engineer (son of the managing director), 24 years of age, and Frederick Olive Anderson, 40 years old, deputy manager, lost their lives, show that work was foing on in the main drive to block off the fire, and Lee and Anderson went clown to see if they could locate it. They, entered the return airway with searcli. lights, and were overcome by black damp. The manager, on finding what they had done, at once took steps to search for them. Anderson was found some 30ft away from the door, and a second party found Lee 200 ft away. Efforts were made to resuscitate them, but without avail. Tbe miners worked heroic* ally in getting out the bodies, and several were overcome with black damp. Anderson was married, and bad a grown, up son.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 262, 9 November 1906, Page 4
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