HIKURANGI TRAGEDY
MINERS* THEORY
ATMOSPHERIC CHANGE
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) ,_'..- ' 'r WHANGAREIi This Day.. In connection with the'triple mining tragedy at Hikurangi, Robert Ackers, eldest and only surviving- son was aboutl to descend to the rescue when a pre-, monition- that he would riieet death if! he did so caused him to hesitate. Oil looking down the shaft he saw Ma j three brothers motionless, indicating that the worst" had happened. ' The air-shaft, which was sunk.rtwo years ago, was inspected last Monday, and was declared safe from fumes. Experienced miners attribute the aceumu-1 lation of gases in such a short-period to-a change in the atmospheric tondi-. tions. '.-■'• ";•.-- %■ •'■'"•'-:.' A formal inquest, held'this morning^ was .adjourned' after' the bodies' Thad been identified.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 39, 16 February 1933, Page 13
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119HIKURANGI TRAGEDY Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 39, 16 February 1933, Page 13
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