ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20781, 29 July 1929, Page 12

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A MINER’S DEATH. KILLED BY FALL OF COAL. (Special to Da»lt Times, j AUCKLAND, July 27. A fatal accident occurred at the TauPii'i Coal Company’s mine at Rotowaro at about 9 o’clock on Friday night when aamuel Broadbent, aged 50. a miner, lost his life in a fall of coal. Broadbent was engaged with a mate, Joseph O’Brien, in the hazardous task of extracting pillar coal when, without warning, a fall took place and he was buried under a mass of coal. O’Brien was caught by the fall but was vjitricated by a trucker, H. Henderson, suffering from abrasions on one leg and severe shock.. Willing hands worked frantically to reach Broadbent, but the weight on his chest caused asphyxiation, and he was dead when he was extricated Irom the debris. Broadbent, who was a returned soldier, leaves a widow* FOOTBALLERS INJURED. {Per United Press Association.) T \VELLINGTON, July 28. in 1 lie senior Rugby match yesterday between Berhampore and Wellington, two players had ribs broken and one suffered a broken leg. They were all members of the Wellington team. FALL FROM A TRAIN. (Per United Press Association.) ■ ti . , CHRISTCHURCH.’ July 27. ihiough falling off the Culverdeu train near Pr.vm.lwyr this morning Joseph Erlich, married, aged 39, a visitor from Hawcra, was seriously injured. He had arrived by the ferry steamer and was going to Hanmer with friends. The man liad a broken elbow, an injured shoulder, an injury to the head, and was sufferin'* pital Sl ° Ci ’ He ' Vas taken to the lios-