MINING FATALITY.
(Per Press 'Ass9eiati6Ms)V*
GREYMOUTIL- this day. The bodies Vpf" John* 41, deputy, and Thomas Linds'a^', Abbott, aged 27. shiftman, were, . found m the Blackball coal mine last ; evening. The mine was idle yesterday -in" connection with the funeral of William. Grahahi, killed by a fall of coal- est' "the same mine on Saturday lastY'Tipler and Abbott were the only men m the mine yesterday. .-. They . were, tyiere Vf or . the . .purposes of inspection. * It *.s ' Understood that the bodies were found m. the water. It has. also been discovered, ,t,Kat a dam m the mine had broken. ..-The exact cause of ' death is not ascertainable at present. - Both, victims were"- married men, TiplerVwidow residing- in Victoria.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14363, 31 July 1917, Page 3
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118MINING FATALITY. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14363, 31 July 1917, Page 3
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