MINE CABLE BREAKS.
TEN MEN FALL 2,000 FEET.
By Telegraph—l'rcss Association—Copy rich! (Hoc. May 23, 0.50 a.m.) Perth, May 22. Through the failure of tlio -winding gear at the Sons of Gwalia liiino at Mount Leonora, North Coolgardio, tlio skip containing ten men fell to the bottom of a shaft 2000 foot in dopth. Tile cable parted and fell on top of the skip. Mr.' Frank Rooncy, an assistant surveyor, was killed, and Mr. Adams, a surveyor, isnotcxpccted to recover. Six minors ivere seriously injured.
TWO MINERS KILLED
Perth, May 22. Harry Angwin, shift boss, and Williams, a miner, .were working at the Eclipse mine, Kalgoorlie, when fifty tons of earth fell and buried them. Both were killed.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1134, 23 May 1911, Page 5
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118MINE CABLE BREAKS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1134, 23 May 1911, Page 5
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