MOUNT LYELL DISASTER.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 13828, 12 November 1912, Page 5

MOUNT LYELL DISASTER.

1 'FIRE STILL' BURNING?‘

A Significant Discovery.

Press Association.—Telegraph.—Copyright Received November 12, .9.'25 a.m. 1 ■ HOBART, November 12. The: position... at,.. Die North Mt, Lyell,. mine is unchanged. The workings remain sealed, as the fire is still- burning. Plodding is proceeding. It is raining’heavily, and the water, is approaching ihe ■ 860 ft level, which will be hooded in a fortnight at the present rate;' 1 It will probably he three weeks-before the bodies-are recover'd. A quantity of -cotton waste has been found at’ the 600 ft .level of, the. Mt, Lyell ihine. This is considered to be suspicious, arid' the, matter has , been placed in the hands of the police. The discovery at Mt., Lyell is* held to- have some bearing upon the fire at the North Mt.' Lyell minef It is significant that there was no possible use for the waste/where'it was found.