MINERS INJURED
BY EXPLOSION OF GAS ONE DIES IN HOSPITAL SYDNEY, Last. Niijit. Two niiiH rs in the Balmain Colliery were critically injured by an explosion of a gas pocket. David Kerr and Henry Williams were boring- into the rock with a hand-drill when, presumably, a spark from a hammer ignited the gas.. Kerr, despite frightful burns dragged himself some distance to a t(dephone to the engineer nt. the surface. 3000 ft. above. The cage descended and they were brought to the surface. Williams died in hospital. Kerr is still in a very critical condition.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 28, 25 January 1933, Page 5
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