EXPLOSION AT KAITANGATA COAL MINE.
(I'KK PRESS ASSOCIATION*.) Dlnedin*, February 21. A dreadful explosion occurred in the Kaitangata Company's mine, near Balclutha, between 8 and 9 o'clock tins morning. A boy named Edward Dunn, the son of Mr. George Dunn, v.*as entering the mine with a horse, and, with the horse, was blown 50 yards clear of the pit's mouth, the boy being killed. There were .'ili men in the mine, but up to 11 o'clock, none of them had been rescued. All available efforts were made to get to them. Immediately after the explosion, Mr. Griffin, station-master, despatched an engine to Dr. Smith, Balclutha, who reached the scene of the accident within *_'."> minute*. Great excitement prevails. Later. The men are still enclosed, and the relief party cannot get into the mine from ihv-dauip ami •l>l,ri.<. One more dead body has been recovered. The rescuers are working hard.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 890, 21 February 1879, Page 2
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148EXPLOSION AT KAITANGATA COAL MINE. Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 890, 21 February 1879, Page 2
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