MINE AGAIN FLOODED
MEN DRIVEN FROM WORKINGS AT HIKURANGI PUMPS SUBMERGED Press Association WHANGAREI, Today. A report from'Hikurangi states that serious flooding again occurred at the Hikurangi Coal Company’s mine yesterday. submerging all the machinery including the pumping plant, except one small pump, which is attempting ineffectively to cope with the inrush. All the employees, numbering 250, have been driven from the workings where the water has attained a depth of 14 feet and is rising rapidly. Work at the mine was resumed only in February last, after a closure for 11 months, also due to flooding. It is unlikely that the conditions will permit of further hewing for a long period.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1036, 29 July 1930, Page 10
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112MINE AGAIN FLOODED Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1036, 29 July 1930, Page 10
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