The Proprietary Fire the Gas in Block 10
The inconvenience caused at Block 10 mine to-day through the prosence of gas in the workings on the Proprietary boundary, at the 400ft. level, is being…
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Fires & bushfires, 1906
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The Proprietary Fire. Block Io Affected by the Gas
The Proprietary management has practically overcome its difficulty in connection with the Block II fire, and ordinary work is proceeding at the…
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The work of installing the four blowers at the Junction and Junction North mine which are to enable the fire in the Junction to be attacked in leal…
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The Junction and Junction North mines, on the surface, presented a scene of business-like activity this afternoon, a number of gangs ot men being…
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Mr. E. A. Whitehead, resident engineer of the Water Company, this afternoon received a telegram from Mr. G. Swinburne, chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fires in the Mines. the Position of Affairs at the Proprietary. the Men Withdrawn From Underground. No Serious Extension of the Fire
Some excitement was caused in the city this morning in consequence of a rumor which was persistently circulated that the fire in Block [?] of the…
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Mr. E. A. Whitehead, resident engineer of the Water Company, this afternoon received a telegram from Mr. G. Swinburne, chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Junction Fire
The fitting up of the connection of the large air tube at the Junction mine has proved a rather long and tedious job, and the tinsmiths have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in the Mines. the Junction. Preparations for Attacking the Fire. Satisfactory Progress Being Made. Blocking Off the British
To anyone not conversant with the far reactnng effects of un outbreak of fire underground in a mine the magnitude of the operations which have…
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A. special train. Conveying the members of the Williamson's Opera Company from Launceston to Hobart caught fire during the trip. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Great Fire. Six Hundred Houses Burned. [Reuter's Message.] London.Saturday
Advices from Japan state that 600 houses at Taira, on the east coast of Japan, have been burnt down, and the 37 persons were incinerated in the…
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Very satisfactory progress is being made with operations at the Junction mine. The winze at the 400ft. level is now clear, and this afternoon the…
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Operations at the Junction mine are being vigorously pushed forward, and this morning the men were another step nearer in their attempt to get in touch…
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Mr. F. C. Howard (managing director of the Broken Hill South Company), speaking at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders, said that it was…
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The intercolonial railway workshops at Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, have been burnt. The damages is calculated at 1,000,000 dollars…
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Very little alteration has taken place in the position of affairs at the Junction mine. The men are still persevering in their attempt to reach the 490ft. level…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fires in the Mines. the Proprietary. Mining Operations Stell Suspended
That the position of affairs at the Proprietary mine, owing to the lire in Block ll, is more serious than was at first anticipated is now self-evident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Big Fire in Perth. a Brewery Ablaze. Perth
The bottling department of the Swan Brewery was almost totally destroyed by fire at an early hour yesterday morning It was one of the biggest blazes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mines' Fires. the North
The day shift did not go in at the North mine this morning. The gas from the Junction fire had become so noticeable in the lower levels, despite the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fires in the Mines. the Proprietary. Continued Suspension of Mining Operations
The Proprietary mine and mill continue to be closed down, and it is unlikely that mining operations will be resumed there for a week to come, at…
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