A MINE ON FIRE.
COXFIXIXG THE DAMAGE. United Presa Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Coprright. SYDNEY.* February 19. Steady progress is beinp made in* stifling the fire in the Junction Miae. An outbreak also occurred in ilia workedout ground of the Proprietary Mfoe. but it Mas confined to a blind a Hey wn jr. Prompt measures were taken to prevent" its spreadinp and it i* now under control. [On February 15th a tire broke out in the Junction Mine. Broken Hill. A *hot was fired at the 550 feet level, and it was "supposed that a spark set fire to the splintered timbers in that part of jhe mine where a '" creep"' occurred nine year? ngn.] A HOPEFUL OUTLOOK. Received 12.56 a.n\. Fehrrnrr 20th. SYDXF.Y. February 19. Operations are concentr.v.ed njwti re-ach-ing the seats of the fi;es ,u»! it is hnpf«i to resume wrk at the mine in a dav or twq.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12906, 20 February 1906, Page 5
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149A MINE ON FIRE. Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12906, 20 February 1906, Page 5
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