THE MINING DISASTER.
United Press Association— By Electric TelegraphCopyright. Beceived March 25, 9.45 a.m. SYDNEY, March 25.
The consensus of opinion is that the explosion in the Dudley Pit occurred in the part of the mine that has not been worked for some time, in which rails were being laid down with a view to the resumption of work at an early date.
NEWCASTLE, March 25,
The fire in the mine is now extensive, and the search for the remaining bodies bas been abandoned. As smoke is belching from the pit mouth, it has been decided to flood the mine immediately, as the only way of coping with the fire.
Beceived March 26, 9.50 a.m.
SYDNEY, March 26.
The Dudley pit is being sealed down. The work is attended with great danger, and it is feared that a gigantic explosion may take place owing to the fire. Three hundred miners have been thrown out of work by the disaster.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6138, 26 March 1898, Page 5
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