PATHETIC SCENES
AT MOUTH OF DOBSON MINE. NO CHANCE OF RESCUE. HOPE ABANDONED. Per Press Association. GREYMOUTH, Dec. 3. The scenes at the Dobson mine mouth were full of pathos. Groups of women and men watched and waited. Dr. Violet Reins and Dr. Mcßreariy were early on the scene and did all possible for the rescued men. Further explosions are possible ana a warning was given to the large crowd which assembled. Another party of rescuers in charge of Mr D. J. Davis, inspector of mines, descended undaunted by tho fright)ill risk, but after half-an-hour returned with news of lailure to reach the entombed men. It is proposed now to seal the mine to put out the firo as all hope of rescue has been abandoned. Later. A meeting of the district mine managers and the miners’ union repiesentatives unanimously decided that it would be unwise to continue rescue attempts owing to the great risk incurred and also owing to the practical certainty that the entombed men were "it was decided to seal the mine so as to extinguish tho firm
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 6, 4 December 1926, Page 2
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181PATHETIC SCENES Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 6, 4 December 1926, Page 2
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