MINING FATALITY AT WAIHI
TWO MEN KILLED BY A FALL
TPer Press Association.! WAIHI, Alarcli 10. A fatal accident occurred this after, noon at the AVaihi Company's mine, whereby a miner named J. O Malloy, single, was killed instantaneously' and his”mate, F. AVbite, a married, man, was so seriously injured that he is not expected co live. It appears that the two, in company with a min-cr named Manuel, were in the ladder way in No. 2 shaft, making preparations for the haulage of water and air pipes. At the time of the accident Manuel was attending a winch in an intermediate level, when lie heard a rushing noise in the shatt, which it transpired was the men falling down the shaft, the distance of the fall being about 170 ft. It is surmised that the men lost their footing on the ladderwav when in the act of attaching a tackle block to a bearer across the shaft-. . Probably one man lost Ins balance, and in falling knocked his mate off the ladder. ; Later.
Fred AVhito. 'one of the two victims of tho mining fatality, succumbed to Ins injuries this-evening.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2757, 11 March 1910, Page 5
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190MINING FATALITY AT WAIHI Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2757, 11 March 1910, Page 5
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