SERIOUS MINE FIRE.
GREAT DAMAGE ANTICIPATED. [By Electric Telegraph—-Copyright] [United Press 'Association.] (Received 8.55 a.m.) 'Sydney, July 27. Fire is raging in Neat's Colliery, near Cessnock, on the South Maitland coalfields. 'Work at deepening the shaft was proceeding when is appears an explosion occurred. A party descended to ascertain the cause and found the fire spreading. They beat a hasty .retreat. No miners were working in the mine at the time of the outbreak, it being the fortnigh tlyholiday. Details are is ttriflerstbbtl ''the 'ditU look is serious and likely to cause enormous damage, to property.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 81, 27 July 1914, Page 6
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96SERIOUS MINE FIRE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 81, 27 July 1914, Page 6
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