Early yesterday morning a man named Thomas McLaughlin fell 50 feet down a pass in No. 2 shaft, at Waihi, and received a fraptured collar bone and shoulder blade, a deep scalp wound, and a deep gash on the back. The unfortunate man also received minor injuries and was terribly shaken. He was conyeyed to Nurse Gilmour's, where he, is receiving the best atten tion possible.
\ Leonard Eoberts, a shift boss in the Koyal Oak mine at Coromandel, fell down a pass on Wednesday night and died from his injuries. Some of de ceased's sons are working in Paeroa.
The gold returns for the Auckland district for the past three weeks total 1£24,862, notwithstanding that the Waihi Gold Mining Company's return is still to come to hand.
Mr Arehia Campbell working in the Broken Hills mine, Waiomo, met with a serious blasting accident yesterday. It appears that he was in the act of lighting a charge in a hole, when it suddenly exploded, the result being that ho had one of Jjis arms broken, while his face was badly scorched. He was taken to the Thames Hospital in a vehicle, and there attended to by the Resident Surgeon (Dr Aubin). Mr Campbell is a well-known pros pector and miner, with an intimate Ifoiowledge of the Waiomo district.
