TRAGEDY IN A MINE
MAN KILLED BY FALL. STRUCK WHILE BEING RESCUED. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) LONDON, December 4. ■ (Received Dec. 4, at 10 p.m.) There was a poignant tragedy at Viewpoint Colliery, Lanarkshire, when two men were buried by a fall of 100 tons from the roof. Rescuers were encouraged by hearing a faint voice, and they reached the spot and saved one, who was injured. The other man was in the arms of a rescuer, and was being given a drink of water when he saw another fall coming. He said “ Good-bye, boys,” and was struck on the head and killed. The body was again buried.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20892, 5 December 1929, Page 10
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