THE ALLANDALE MINE.
■ —«■■ » . ■• .. (rMSS ASSOCIATIOX TELEGRAM). DUNEDIN; October 17. Oi; Thursday morning an attempt was made to resume operations in the Allandale coal mine, which bad recently to be closed down. Tho management, acting on the advice of the Inspector .of Mines (Mr Green) and of Mr Hayes, mmmc engineer, of Wellington, reversed the ventilating fans, and on Thursday morning, after, allowing time for tho gases to disperse, the manager and three men entered the mine with hoses to check the fire. On the water being played on the burning face, however, tho men were driven back by steam and smoke, and it was decided to permanently close tho workings. Tho majority of the men are, under notice of dismissal, the management only retaining about half a dozen to work a 7ft seam in another part of the mine remote from the fire.
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 13250, 19 October 1908, Page 4
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