BLACKBALL MINE FIRE.
TAKES A SERIOUS TURN. MINK TO BE SEALED AND FLOODED (By Telezraoh.—Press Association.) GREYMOUTH. this day. The. fire at the Blackball mine took a seri.us turn early this morning and all the coal producing sections are being scaled and the mine being flooded. Valuable machinery is affected. It is now believed that the mine will be closed for several months, causing unemployment for over two hundred men. The West Coast Christmas trade has fairly poor prospects owing to mining stoppages and the shipping trouble.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19221127.2.97
Bibliographic details
Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 281, 27 November 1922, Page 7
Word Count
87BLACKBALL MINE FIRE. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 281, 27 November 1922, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Auckland Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries.
Log in