COLLIERY DISASTER.
WORK OF THE RESCUERS. BROTHER’S GREAT BRAVERY. Received March 2, 12.10 p.m. LONDON, March 1. At times the rescuers in the colliery disaster discarded their tools and useef their hare hands to move the debris. They progressed 20 yards in five hours, when they met a clear space, only to encounter fresh fumes and another barrage of debris. Eye witnesses state that the scene at the bottom of the mine beggared description.. At one point 19 were, lying dead in a huddled group. Many were badly burned as the coal dust caught fire.
As an instance of personal bravery, a miner named Button, who was in the galleries at the time of the .explosion, reached the bottom of the shaft uninjured. When he learnt that • his brother was still in the mine he insisted on going back to search for him. Later another rescue party found Button dead. Button’s father was also killed.—A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 79, 2 March 1927, Page 10
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