MINE BATTERY FIRE.
MANY WORKERS IDLE. A RAND MISHAP. (Received 10.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, October 17. A disastrous fire destroyed the overhead gear in the crushing house at the Luid Paard Vlei Estate gold mine, near Krugersdorp. The damage is f 30,000. It is feared that the mine will be unworkj able for some months, causing 150 whites and 15<J0 natives to become idle.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 248, 18 October 1924, Page 7
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