COAL FALL RESULTS IN MINER’S DEATH
■ -.;. J \ * ‘ * "" AT MIXiLERTON. / ‘ ■' Per-Press Association. ' ** 4 *; ' WESTPORT, Lest Night. ‘^v ; -In ♦‘■accident which unhappily • ter''minatea’ -.fatally, occurred in the;,¥jis' to-day when a middle aged than,. Thomas Middjcton was aspbyxiV ate’d as a-result of a fall of coal. deceased, who was a member o£;fa - : partySvhO recently secured a contract •Ji which had for its object the confining of the fire which at present is raging in the second west section of the mine, was engaged releasing coal from an. " improvised bin the‘end of'which col-. y lapsed covering the unfortunate man !: With- #rc clay and coal. His wording '•Si mates ..immediately • set to work and after about fifteen minutes he was re- ;/ leased. Artificial respiration was tried and was continued for about an hour * without avail. . _ . The deceased was held in high es- §: teem on flip Hill and was to havo been married shortly. Dr. Campbell was early on the scene but could only pronounce life extinct.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6671, 26 July 1928, Page 10
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161COAL FALL RESULTS IN MINER’S DEATH Manawatu Times, Volume LIII, Issue 6671, 26 July 1928, Page 10
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