Two killed Denniston mine. 1910.

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DescriptionDOUBLE FATALITY AT THE WESTPORT COAL CO.'S MINES, DENNISTON: MINERS AWAIRING NEWS OF THEIR ENTOMBED COMRADES

Picture in Auckland Weekly News Nov 10.

Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19101110-4-2

Grey River Argus, Oct 31:
The men, in relief parties, worked hard all day Thursday (states the Westport News) removing- the debris in the tunnel, in the Woodend section of ;the Westport Coal Company's Denniston Mine, and in the afternoon got as far as the coal tub, where they had expeited to find one or other of the. bodies of the two unfortunate men, Muir and Bowers, who the previous day had been buried by 'a fall of stone and coal, but saw no sign of either of them. It then became necessary to ' strengthen up the face before proceeding further. It was not expected thai this would be done before Friday. Mr Marshall, Inspector of Mines, arrived promptly on Thursday night on the scene of the accident, and has been giving every assistance in the work of recovering the bodies. It has been suggested that the men may be safe beyond the fall, but Mr Dixon holds out no hope of this. He pays high tribute to the men for the way they are working. No better rescue work, he says, could be done in the world. Only two men can work on the face at a time,' but these work for all they are worth for a short time and then fall back, and others step up to the breach. Not a moment is lost night or day. The mine is otherwise idle, and is likely to be until after the recovery of the bodes. Both men were so thoroughly popular that their sad end has distressed everybody in the mining community. Bowers was well-known .down the Coast, and enjoyed as a clean, bright athlete a very wide popular- ENDSPhotographerT WestDate of Photo1910Map^[1]

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Location (city or town)DennistonPersonMuir BowersEventTwo killed Denniston mine

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