THE MINE ON FIRE.
COPING WITH THE OUTBREAK. THE MEN AFFECTED RECOVERING. t Pf>- Press Association. —C>-j>yri<iht ■. Sydney, Sept. 13. Immense quantities of water aud steam were poured into the burning mine all day. The smelting and all other works have been stopped to leave free every available source of water, which throws a large number of men idle. The outbreak has been located and the smoke has greatly diminished. Steady progress is being made in confining the fire to the small area where it originated, and the prospects of subduing it are good. All the men affected by'the fumes are recovering.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 425, 14 September 1897, Page 3
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102THE MINE ON FIRE. Hastings Standard, Issue 425, 14 September 1897, Page 3
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