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Document - SOUTH BELLE VUE MINE - FIRE AT THE SOUTH BELLE VUE & TRUE BLUE MINES
... ... National Ins. Coy...DOCUMENT Gold south belle vue mine South Belle Vue Mine True Blue Mine Fire at the South Belle Vue & True Blue Mines Angus Kennedy Mr R Woods Capt Houston National Ins. Coy Mr Cottie Handwritten copy of a report in the Bendigo Advertiser 19th, 20th and 21st August 1894 of an explosion and fire at the South Belle Vue Mine Enginehouse. ...
Article transcribed from the Bendigo Advertiser, 20th August 1986.Handwritten copy of a report in the Bendigo Advertiser 19th, 20th and 21st August 1894 of an explosion and fire at the South Belle Vue Mine Enginehouse. Water pressure was a problem with their fire fighting efforts. While this was happening a messenger came to say the Engine house at the True Blue Mine was also on fire. Both fires were believed to be deliberately lit. A resident saw a man carrying a lighted torch through the bush.
Notes prepared by Albert Richardson.document, gold, south belle vue mine, south belle vue mine, true blue mine, fire at the south belle vue & true blue mines, angus kennedy, mr r woods, capt houston, national ins. coy, mr cottie
