FIRE IN OPEN-CAST COALFIELD.—FIames leaping more than 100ft high from one of the vents at the Maramarua open-cast mine, six miles from Mercer, on Tuesday night. The workers in the foreground are rigging a 10in pipe to flood the blazing tunnels. The men are about 200 yards from the flames.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30092, 28 March 1963, Page 16
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50FIRE IN OPEN-CAST COALFIELD.—FIames leaping more than 100ft high from one of the vents at the Maramarua open-cast mine, six miles from Mercer, on Tuesday night. The workers in the foreground are rigging a 10in pipe to flood the blazing tunnels. The men are about 200 yards from the flames. Press, Volume CII, Issue 30092, 28 March 1963, Page 16
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