MINE DISASTER.
COLLAPSE OF ENGINE. FORTY LIVES LOST. FAIX OF 1,200 FEET. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON", October 22. It is feared that 40 miners lost their lives, and that many were injured in the Levant mine, near Penzancc, owing to the collapse of the winding engine.— (A. and X.Z. Cable.) NINE BODIES RECOVERED. GROANS OF INJURED HEARD. (Received 9.15 a.m.) LONDON, October 22. The entire workings of the Levant tin mine extend under the Atlantic. The accident was due to the breaking of iron couplings supporting the vertical beam down the shaft. An antiquated form of elevator known as the man engine was used. Small platforms project from the beam at intervals of 12ft, and corresponding platforms are placed on the side of the shaft. The upward and downward I movement of the beam enables the miners to ascend and descend by 12ft stages. The collapse occurred when the miners had finished a shift, and were returning to the surface. Thus many were thrown headlong to the bottom of the shaft, over 1,200 ft below. A number are still entombed, and the moans of the injured can be heard on the surface. Xine bodies have been recovered.—(A. and X.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 252, 23 October 1919, Page 5
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