COAL MINE ON FIRE
« Yv'ORK SUSPENDED AT KAITANGATA. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, August 11. A sorious mishap occurred at the ICaituugata No. 2 coal mine on Saturday, which. will rebuilt in the mine being closed for some time. It appears that a rako of hoses loaded , with cool fiuled the rings supporting the steel platesand sand '■ at the seat of tho long-established fire i which had been stopped. Two rings were i dislodged, allowing the air to reach tho 1 smouldering fire. The place was a mass • of flame instantly. As it was pay Satur- | day, the mine was practicaUy idle, but one horse «nd the rake trunks were burnt. Somo winches were got out of the mine to-day, but it is bettered that tho <lip will luvve to be stonped at the main drive to act the fire under control
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 271, 12 August 1919, Page 6
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141COAL MINE ON FIRE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 271, 12 August 1919, Page 6
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