DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
iMOIINT'iOTa^^Mip?; \yORKSMAYBE WIPED QUT :';■'■■■.■: ; ■/-:'-'-:-v- y.'-.V ;-■ ■* -. -.■::■:.: v ;';...-■ ; ; --:.^;-.-:!;,: f^' ■ ,-•' /*>;': v;: BRISBANE,' 18th:'Marchv:,j; ': ;The Mount Morgans mine ■, works are. threatened, with • destruction . by!. a/; fire which ;beg'an.'near: the smelter,- bins ■on Monday night. The hose-pipes "are out; of .order owing: to ''long;; idleness,:, and; the mine pumps require replacements.'V--- ---: ;A strong '*Yind-;^sprang'up wheriv'thei fire-fighters', appeared /to be^ getting-.the' upper hand and '■' drove the .flanies into the' woodwbrk Onfall, directions. :;:::•., -::■ :) The 'water supply, is .rapidly 'being 'ex-; hausted. : A large' criide-oil -.tank andconcentrators :'are|- in the1' 'path i of',.the fife,'">yhich'J sif.'it"', jumps 'the- break thaf jia? ■ ,'Beeln^madei,'; will^wipe'but-'-the'w'orks; completely^'i-f■«/■';- ;^lM'.--:--'. S.&':4:'r-V'.-.i \"i
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 13
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101DESTRUCTIVE FIRE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 66, 19 March 1931, Page 13
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