E. T. Robson, photo. TWO MIXERS KILLED AT DENNISTON. A big fall of earth and stone in the Woodend section of the Westport Coal Company’s Denniston mine, occurred on October 26, burying two men Jack Muir and Jim Bowers. The heroic efforts of the relief parties to reach the scene of the accident were hampered by further falls of stone. Both bodies were subsequently recovered. The upper photo, shows the men outside the mine waiting to hear if there was any hope, while the second picture shows the funeral procession.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 19, 9 November 1910, Page 31

E. T. Robson, photo. TWO MIXERS KILLED AT DENNISTON. A big fall of earth and stone in the Woodend section of the Westport Coal Company’s Denniston mine, occurred on October 26, burying two men Jack Muir and Jim Bowers. The heroic efforts of the relief parties to reach the scene of the accident were hampered by further falls of stone. Both bodies were subsequently recovered. The upper photo, shows the men outside the mine waiting to hear if there was any hope, while the second picture shows the funeral procession.