Breaking the News

Breaking the News is a 1912 melodrama Australian film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on John Longstaffs 1887 painting of the same name.

A prospector looks for a wife to live with him and eventually gets married. While he is in town, the mine floods and miners need to be rescued. The main scenes wereThe movie was a popular success with critics drawing particular attention to a scene of an underground mine being flooded. ........

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