Fire in Coalmine
BLACKBALL MEN WORK WELJ^ Per Press Association. Greymouth, November 25. A fire in the Blackball mine was discovered at. 6.30 last evening in No, 4 heading, .just off the main rope road. Onb hundred men comprising the back shift wpre working in the mine, and all were withdrawn safely. There Whs a rush by th© miners to assist, and a bucket was formed, Mr Oalderstone, Secretary pf ike' Miners' Union, being prominent. Sis boots were burned off during the efforts to^subdue the flames. The pump was put into ©iteration, and twp leads of hose poured 250 gallons of water per minute on the Are,- , which by two o’clock in the morning under control. ft* >; management declares that praiso is dtte to the miners whose prompt efforts averted considerable loss. ■ The damage (is not extensive, and ib& early resumption of work is ex■Tifahkdfii ■ ■•''K' I *-' Ia i - ’ • pOfma.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 77, 25 November 1922, Page 6
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