A MINE ON FIRE.
MEN* DRIVES' OCT BY SMOKE.
United PrcKß A*wwiataoß—Per Electaic
Telegraph—C^pyrijjht. SYDNEY, February 15. A fire bwlie *>vt in the Junction Msae» Rrwlien Hill. A *ltot was fired at lib© SS9 feet lereL .and it i* M)j>pt»»ed Chut a •spaj-Jj .titst fire U> the splintered timber* in that part wf the mine w&erc * " creep " wenmd nine years iigt*. The jnrngeni smoke compelled «x-,acu.a.tion of the tmne. Toe British mine al»«i stopped work, -and strenuous effort* vac made to cope iwitfc. the fire. FIR!-; UNDER CONTROL. Received 1 *.m... Febraurr 17ih. SYDNEY, February 16. Toe fire at tie Junction mine a» *l2t fern-mag. but i* tinder control.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12905, 17 February 1906, Page 5
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109A MINE ON FIRE. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12905, 17 February 1906, Page 5
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