A DAM- BURSTS.
I BLACKBALL MINE DAMAGED.'' " NARROW ESCAPES, ' (sr TECEGBAFU—PEESS^.ASSOCIATION,)'" j - 1 r. Creymouth, September ;9. h ' At seven o'clock oil Tuesday night'.a'large slip occurred at Blackball,.which'.blocked tho« creek and turned water into, Tlio'-J dam burst, and the water 'rufehed:.into ; tilt;; Blackball mine and wreckecMhoi main'tunnel)-' carried away tho> fan-housoto'nginc-shody. and- \ store buildings on the surface....':- The Hvator. brought down a hugo quantitjrof debris, Tind' + large trees i wero swept into tlio mine. No' •/] ono was injured, but thero-werfe-seVeral- liar- i row escapes. Gangs of seventy men are , working threo shifts, and w,qiVjrilftbV.kGpt; going . continuously until tlio wreckage is re-' , moved. The manager hopeF'to - h'iivcTevery- f thing in. working order by .-Saturday^.,jffihe. damage is bstinlated to cx.cqe,d.;,to%>'i; £1000.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 298, 10 September 1908, Page 9
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119A DAM- BURSTS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 298, 10 September 1908, Page 9
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