MINE ON FIRE.
MIXERS' DESPERATE WORK. OVERCOME BY GAS. Pies* Aesociation-By Telegraph-Copyright R.ceivcd 11.30 "p.m., Oetobaiv 21st, . SYu.msY, October 21. A lire wps discovereu this morning ; at the 200 feet level of Block 14 mineral Broken Hill, close to the Proprietary boundary. ~ •-.•■?. About 150 men are thrown idle owing to'smoke and gas. Large quantities of water, were poured in. . A number of the fire-tighters were overcome by ,- {lie f vines. Latest reports show that the fire. has been beaten back, and Is practically in hand, but it was very hard work in subduing the flames, and was conducted wWli great difficulty. The fighters were = i* r peatedly overcome, by the fumes. Ppe lighter named. Eddy is mttiing. :His mate was rescued in> an uneonspious state after heroic efforts to > reach the ; place where Eddy was stationed. The ;>gtts drove the rescuers back. .■*-.* ■;, ;
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13731, 22 October 1908, Page 5
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142MINE ON FIRE. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13731, 22 October 1908, Page 5
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