MINES FIRE.
LOSS, ABOUT £30,000. OUTBREAK NEAR THAMES. BATTERY AND TREATMENT PLANT. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) ! THAMES, this day. j Fire which broke out at 4 o'clock this ' morning destroyed the battery and treatment plant of the rccently-formed Alonowai Gold, Copper and Lead Mines,' Ltd., at Waiomo. It is thought "that tlie outbreak started in the coal bunker. The battery was completed about | three years ago at a cost of between | £20,000 and £30,000. The watchman reports that at 2.30 a.m. everything was safe. At 4 a.m. the building was discovered to be in flames, but as no water was available nothing could be done to save the building and plant. It is understood that the building was insured, but the amount is not available.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 117, 20 May 1933, Page 11
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124MINES FIRE. Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 117, 20 May 1933, Page 11
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