MINE TRAGEDY.
LONDON, October 22. ■' The entire workings cf the Levant tin mine extend uu'er the Atlantic •The accident whereby forty men are Relieved to be killed was owing t ltLe collaps; of the winding engine, due to the breaking of the iron couplings supporting the vertical beam down the shaft, and the antiquated form of elevator knswn as a .man engine
. Small platforms project from the beam at intervals of twelve feet, corresponding with platforms placed on the side of the shaft. W^th the upv/ard or downward movement of the beam this enables miners to ascend or descend by twelve feet stages.
The collapse occurred when the miners had finished their shift, and were retuning to the surface. Thus (many were thrown headlong to t,!.e [bottom of the shaft, over 1200 feet deep.
A number are still entombed. The moans of the injured were heavd on tha surface of the mine. Nine bodies have been recovered.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17697, 24 October 1919, Page 9
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157MINE TRAGEDY. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXIV, Issue 17697, 24 October 1919, Page 9
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