TWO BODIES FOUND
MINE DISASTER
"NEXT THING "JO HELL"
MELBOURNE,'. February 16. After making efforts fl lroughout the night in choking dust' and carbon monoxide fumes, rescue | larties in the Wonthaggi coal mine, wh» :re an explosion occurred yesterday, iwere unable to find more than two be* dies, one of which was so terribly mutilated that it was identifiable only by a 1* wisted gold watch found in a pocket. 5 7he victim was identified as Harry Hai 'Per, aged 45. The other body was ua irecognisable. ■ Some of the rescue party wa rlcea be: low for 15 hours on end. "It's 1 he next thing to hell I can imagine," a ud °ne begrimed miner this morning. . It is now believed that most > of the remaining. 10 victims were tn ipped further along the mile-long east t tave, into which the rescuers have «.>'far penetrated only 500 yards. It may ; take days to reach the bodies. A quantity of protective appars tusl required by miners engaged in rest ¥ ue work was sent from the northern ca alfields and from Sydney today by acs oplanes to the scene of the disaster.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19370217.2.97
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 40, 17 February 1937, Page 11
Word Count
191TWO BODIES FOUND Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 40, 17 February 1937, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in