POIGNANT TRAGEDY
DISASTER IN COLLIERY RESCUERS JUST TOO LATE LONDON, Dec. 4. There was a poignant tragedy at a colliery in Larnarkshire when two men were buried by a fall of .100 tons from the roof. Rescuers, encouraged by hearing a faint voice, reached the spot and saved one man who was injured. The other was in the arms of his rescuer, and was being given a drink of water, when he saw another fall coming and said, “Good-bye boys,” and was struck on the head and killed, and the body was again buried.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17126, 5 December 1929, Page 5
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94POIGNANT TRAGEDY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17126, 5 December 1929, Page 5
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