THE MAITLAND DISASTER
, SYDNEY, October 31 V "The force of the explosion at the Standford mine was so great that one man was blown 80 yards, clean out of the tunnel. -
The rescuers displayed great bravery. One man, at imminent risk, removed several packages of dynamite.
November 1.
Many of the men who are rendered idle by the disaster at the Stanford mine have found employment in other places.
The Lord Mayor has opened a relief fund for the victims of the Stanford mine disaster.
November 2.
The smoke has ceased at the Stanford mine, and the management is hopeful that the damage is not so serious as was at first anticipated.
The manager is strongly of opinion that the mine was deliberately fired, and he has offered a reward of £300 for the conviction of the guilty persons. His action has caused a great sensation in the district.
The Lord Mayor has opened a relief fund for the victims of the Stanford mine disaster.
A sensational development has taken place in connection with, the jfire in the Stanford Mert-hyr mine. A labourer named Charles Liback, who was employed in the colliery, has been arrested on a charge of maliciously Betting the mine on fire. The accused was confronted ■with witnesses -who alleged that he told them that he was in the colliery shortly before the fire broke out. Liback denied the statement, and said he was drunk and in bed the whole of the, night on wjueh the 6 ook^jjhjsg v J '
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Otago Witness, Issue 2695, 8 November 1905, Page 58
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