EXPLOSION OF A MINE. TWO LIVES LOST.
ONE VICTIM A NEW ZEALANDER. (Roceived January 22i_d, 12.45 a.m.) LONDON, January 21. While covering with a grass trap a mine worked on a level with earth near Zeerust, •.ho weight pressed too heavily on the lever used to hie the charge, which exploded, killing Lieutenant Wallace, of North Lancashire Regiment, and Corporal Edwards, ofJoe New Z'aland Artillery.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10871, 22 January 1901, Page 5
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