and engineering journal . hej came up. hut h\ this time it was no I,in doubt that an employee named Jardin was somewhere inthe miii ami it was not long befi re they madi -till anotheidescent. Fighting the Flames. Equipped with smoke helmets the rescue party pushedthrough to the spot where the ^assin^ ot the first investigaling pariv took place Hereabouts on the 9th level and a7(i feci from the station. No J shaft, they came upon thehodv ot Jardin, who must have been dead some hours It .42 THE MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL. Jburg, December 17, 1921. was nearly when his body
and engineering journal . hej came up. hut h\ this time it was no I,in doubt that an employee named Jardin was somewhere inthe miii ami it was not long befi re they madi -till anotheidescent. Fighting the Flames. Equipped with smoke helmets the rescue party pushedthrough to the spot where the ^assin^ ot the first investigaling pariv took place Hereabouts on the 9th level and a7(i feci from the station. No J shaft, they came upon thehodv ot Jardin, who must have been dead some hours It .42 THE MINING AND ENGINEERING JOURNAL. Jburg, December 17, 1921. was nearly when his body was brought to the surface atNo. 2 shaft. By seven oclock the fire had not reached theshaft, and the shaft timbers were being kept wet to mini-mise the danger. The fire was located, attacked, and was The disaster occurred while the five men were on the 7tl\level of No. 1 shaft fighting the fire. A fall of hanging tookplace, and, as more threatened, thej took shelter under themain station, when the whole structure fell in. The five. Mr. Paul Selby (x) (Manager), Ferreira Deep, about todescend to investigate. considered to be under control. It was possible by this timefor the men engaged in these operations to work on No. 7level, and as the fire is situated in stopes between No. 7and No. 8, this gave them the advantage of being above thefire. Sunday Nights Disaster. At 10 on Sunday the circumstances accompanyingthe fire took a very tragic turn when the whole station atthe 7th level of No. 1 shft fell in and entombed five miners. men were: George William Johnston, foreman timberman,married; Arthur Clark Logan, shaft timberman, married;Christoffel Jacobus van Tonder, reclaimer, married; LeopoldDary Seeligsohn, sampler, single; Augustus Parau, native came up by way of No. 2 shaft some while after-wards, stating that there had been a fall, and that he hadfound himself alone and in darkness. Amongst those whowent down almost immediately were mine captains Adamsand Brint
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