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... stope . Send food and candles at once . No time to lose . J. Ryan . Food , beef tea , tobacco , blankets , and candles were lowered down the shaft . Outside the mine there was great excitement when the note was read to the waiting crowd ...
... stope . Send food and candles at once . No time to lose . J. Ryan . Food , beef tea , tobacco , blankets , and candles were lowered down the shaft . Outside the mine there was great excitement when the note was read to the waiting crowd ...
Page 214
... stope on the day of the fire . They climbed a ladder into the overhead stope , and by candle light saw seven men clinging stiffly to the air vent of a rock drill . The searchers moved forward and then turned silently away . " " At dusk ...
... stope on the day of the fire . They climbed a ladder into the overhead stope , and by candle light saw seven men clinging stiffly to the air vent of a rock drill . The searchers moved forward and then turned silently away . " " At dusk ...
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... stope . Escorted by a miner named Peasnell , Moore walked along the tramline and stumbled over three bodies : men who had lost their reason and left the safety of the stope in a hopeless attempt to shout up the shaft . As they ...
... stope . Escorted by a miner named Peasnell , Moore walked along the tramline and stumbled over three bodies : men who had lost their reason and left the safety of the stope in a hopeless attempt to shout up the shaft . As they ...
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