FOUL AIR IN WELL
CLAIMS TWO VICTIMS. WOULD-BE RESCUER COLLAPSES nm pmm awoctatiox— oorvaioa* BRISBANE, this day. While repairing a well on his farm, at Alton Downs, George Cook, a well-known farmer, was overcome by foul - air. Harry Butler, a farm worker, descended to Eis rescue, but was also overcomb. Cook’s father then attempted to haul both to the top of the well, but collapsed and Cook and Butler fell to the bottom and were killed.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 30 November 1925, Page 5
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