COALMINE FLOODED.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13748, 10 September 1908, Page 5

CO ALMINE FLOODED.

GREAT DAMAGE AT BLACKBALL. LOSS ESTIMATED AT £1000. Per Pie-iS Association. G KEY MOUTH, Sept. 9. At seven o'clock on Tuesday night a large .slip occurred at Blackball, which blocked the crock and turned the water; into the dam. The dam burst and the water rushed into tho Blackball mine. It wrecked the main tunnel and carried' away the L\n house, engine-shed, and] shore buildings on tho surface. The water brought down a huge quantity of debris, and large trees, were swept into the mine. No one was injured, but there «were several narrow escapes. Gangs of seventy men are working three shifts, and work will bo kept going continually until the wreckage is removed. The manager hopes to have everything in working order on Saturday. The damage is estimated to exceed £lOUO.