COBAR MINE EXPLOSION.
A TREMENDOUS CONCUSSION. BUILDING SCATTERED OVER HALF A MILE. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. (Received January 28, 11 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. At tne explosion of tho magazine- of the Great Cobar mine jbhe flames leapt fifty or sixty feet in the air, and the ground shook liko an earthquake. Not a stone in the magazine was left standing, everything being scattered over a radios of half a. mile. A flying stone knocked' the machine from under a cyclist, and a man had hia head cut with a missile. No other accidents are reported. It is supposed the cause of the explosion was spontaneous combustion.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 23, 28 January 1908, Page 7
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108COBAR MINE EXPLOSION. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 23, 28 January 1908, Page 7
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