RESCUED FROM DEATH.
By Telegraph.— Tkm Association.—Copyright New York, February 8. The entombment of 62 miners in the Bunker Hill mine, California, arose out of the breaking of a cable in the main shaft, causing a heavily laden skip filled with rocks to crash downwards, wrecking the shaft timbers and dislodging rocks from the side of the shaft. A single airpipe remained open, and this alone prevented a terrible disaster. The entombed men took refuge in a tunnel, and were eventually rescued unhurt through the main shaft.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14912, 10 February 1912, Page 7
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