A BLOW OUT
OF MUD HOLE. ROTORUA, December 24. ,A boiling mild hole,- about 20ft by 15ft. and 20ft deep, situated on the banks of the iPuarenga opposite the model village at Whakarewarewa, blew out yesterday, a quantity of boiling mud and steam, being shot to a height of about 25ft, At this spot there is a series of bojling mud holes and it is considered unsafe to approach them unless accompanied by a guide. There was nothing unusual in the occurrence, as in dry weather such a s is being experienced at present the mud on the top of the holes becomes very hard and the steam below causes a blow-out.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1932, Page 5
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112A BLOW OUT Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1932, Page 5
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