OVERCOME BY GAS
'two men dead, others in BAD WAY NEWCASTLE, July 22. Six men working in a pit repairing underground gas mains were overcome this afternoon by escaping gas. Two are dead, and the ethers are in hospital in a serious condition. Rescuers were driven back by gas, but managed to lassoo one man, who was hurried to hospital. The others were subsequently carried out by fire- ' men wearing gas masks. Two men were engaged in putting a test pipe into a high pressure main when gas commenced to escape. Four men went to their assistance and were also overcome :by the fumes. One of the latter group and one of the two men first in difficulties lost their lives.
A third man died from, natural causes while driving a mines rescuestation wagon from the scene of the tragedy.
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Evening Post, Issue 20, 23 July 1935, Page 9
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140OVERCOME BY GAS Evening Post, Issue 20, 23 July 1935, Page 9
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