MT. LYELL DISASTER.
1N CEN D i A RIS M SUSPECTED. [ PRESS ASSOCIATION — COI’TRICIIT. ] (Received 12. 9.25 a.lll. Hobart, Nov. 12. The position in the North Eyell mine. remains unchanged. The workings are still sealed and the fire >s still burning. The flooding of the mine is proceeding. | It is laming heavily and the I water is approaching tiie Sst)ft level. IThes mine will be Hooded in a fortnight at the present rate. It will probably be three weeks before the bodies are recovered. A quantity of cotton waste was found on the 600 ft level in the Mt. Lyell mine. This is considered to be a suspicious circumstance, and the matter has been placed in the hands of the police. fhe discovery at the Mount Lyell mine head has seine bearing upon the fire at North Lyell. It is a significant fact that there was no possible use for cotton waste where it was found.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 290, 12 November 1912, Page 5
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156MT. LYELL DISASTER. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 290, 12 November 1912, Page 5
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