COLLIERY ON FIRE
LIKELY TO PROVE SERIOUS iJXTLORING PARTY'S HASTY 5 RETREAT ■j . MEAGRE DETAILS, (Bjj Tetagrtoh.— tten Association.—C»pyri«hW * (Received July 27, 10.30 a.m.) { ■•- /'• . SYDNEY, This Day. A ike is raging in Neat's colliery, near CefexftbkV ; 6n the South Maitland coalfieljdL :/ '■■'■'■'.
Wm-k* dealings with ,the down shafts is proceeding. it appears that an explosion occurred an& ; party which descended to ascertain the:'cause found the fire spreading,
jtnd Ijad to beat a hasty retreat. STo miners were working at the tim» of jthe; outbreak, rifejbeing the fortnightly toiiday.
Defalk are Imeigre,'.. , It is understood' tilt |n<voutbreak, is'serious and likely to »cause enormous damage to the propetty*'-'-" fbe fire affects the' employment of tmjee hundred men.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 23, 27 July 1914, Page 8
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114COLLIERY ON FIRE Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 23, 27 July 1914, Page 8
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