DEADLY GAS “POCKET”
MINERS KILLED IN SYDNEY WARNING IGNORED. By Telegraph,—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received July 28, 0.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 28. An explosion in the metropolitan colliery at Helensburgh killed two rnm'ers, West (25) and' Frederick Green (27). Nine miners were working at the face when a pick penetrated a pocket of gas. The noise of the gas escaping was heard, and seven men ran to safety. Green and Vfest remained and were billed instantlyJLby the ensuing explosion. Their bodies were recovered.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12201, 28 July 1925, Page 8
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