The fire has involved the loss of between £40.000 and £50.000 and the [?]ssation of gold production for six or seven months. The blaze was first seen in the big mill engine-room, where the motive power and air-compressor plants are housed, and, fanned by a strong wind, it quickly spreal to the [?]bins, and G[?] mills. Before its progress co[?] be arrested practically the whole of the erushing portion of the plant had been destroyed or ruined. As it was, about one-third of one of the biggest and best-equipped mills on the field was sestroyed in the space of half an hour. The insurance policies total over £90,000, and it will take a little time to go through he works and adjust the damage. Until this is done no salvage operations can be started. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954), Sat 20 Nov 1909, Page 23
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