TRAGEDY IN MINE.
FATALITY AT WAIHI
Per Press Association
WAIHI, Oct. 30.
William Alair, aged 23, single, Avas killed to-day in the Waihi mine. Alair and a mate, T. Bright, had been trucking from the shrinkage block below the No. 11 level when a fall. of rock occurred, striking Alair on the head and body and killing him instantly. It was the first fatal accident in the mine for seven years.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 285, 30 October 1934, Page 6
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