MINE AFIRE
IDLE FOR YE-VRS-(Australian Press Association). (Received this day at 11 a.m.) SYDNEY. September 27. The great Cobar copper mine at Cobar which .has been idle for some years, is on fire. It is believed that somebody set fire to the ore -bins. The poppet •head was also set alight. It- ivas I’mrned to the ground, and the flames descended the shaft. Dense clouds of choking "'fumes are being given off. •Smoke has enveloped the town. Nothing can be done to extinguish the fire whidh iwill probably burn to the water’s level in, the mine..
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1933, Page 5
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96MINE AFIRE Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1933, Page 5
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