AFTER THE EXPLOSION.
DOBSON MINE REOPENED. Hi UN WATERING COST £20,000. A telegram received by Mr. Joseph Catchpole, one of the directors of the Grey Valley Colliery, closed nine months ago as a result of the fire which followed an explosion, costing several lives, states that the mine has i been re-opened under its new name I * Grey Valle y Colliery. Produc- ■ i n of coal was commenced on Friday, 1 eoal ia now tipped into I r . , arra ngements have 1 I ir w 8a t nly ' and du » n g the ■ < urrent week the mine will be fullv 1 ■ manned, aad Wlll produce itg fuU J* , H Unwatering the mine, which was i ■ flooded as the only means of extinguishH the fire, h1.6 cost tho mr i_o ; ooo. *«*ry
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 155, 4 July 1927, Page 8
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