MINE DESTROYED.
TYNESIDE MINE FLOODED. Per Press Association. Greymoutb, Satirdav. The Tyneside mine is floodel. the pumps being insufficient to copo wii'i the inrush of water. One hundred ord fifty men have been thrown out of employment. A SERIOUS LOSS. Greymoutb, Last Nigh l .. The heavy rain experienced on ilie coast dining the last few days has caused thv flooding of the Tynest te mine. On Friday night, the mine nun* agcr and the miners had a light to icj'j'j back the water, but it steadily increased until it reached the pumps, and at II o'clock on Saturday morning the mine was abandoned. The loss to the district is considerable, as the week!y coal output was 2000 tona, and 130 men have been thrown out of employment. It is held by experts that ,M?. mine is a total loss. Three shifts will be put on on Monday at the old Bruaner mine to provide coal for local eonsumption.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 119, 11 May 1908, Page 2
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158MINE DESTROYED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 119, 11 May 1908, Page 2
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