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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
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FROM THE AIR.—The Cessnock No. 2 mine fire was still burning today while experts endeavored to decide the best method to be used to extinguish the blaze. This air picture, taken by a "Newcastle Sun" photographer, ahows the fire area.—See other air pictures on Page Seven…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After strong opposition it was decided this afternoon to abandon the proposal to bomb the burning Cessnock No. 2 Colliery from the air. The manager of the colliery (Mr. W. Barrett) said that the present method of blasting-in the craters on the fire perimeter and forming…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The fire in Cessnock No. 2 colliery seems to be spreading. It now covers five acres. A conference at Cessnock yesterday decided to abandon the plan to bomb the fire continuing with the method of blowing in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Firemen Arthur Buleen, of the Cessnock brigade, at crib time at the Cessnock mine fire yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) left at the conference at Cessnock yesterday with representatives of Cessnock citizens…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →If blasting operations are successful today at the burning Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, there is a good chance that the workable section of the mine will be in production in about a week, said the manager (Mr. W. Barrett) today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CALCUTTA, April 24. A.A.P.—Two thousand firemen threaten to ignore fire calls on the third day of the strike which began yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The position at the burning Cessnock No. 2 colliery is still charged with potential danger, but mining experts considered that there was a very noticeable improvement…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE SKILL and energy of fire fighters at Cessnock No. 2 colliery have begun to show results. Craters that were cauldrons of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Present methods of dealing with the fire at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery seemed to be meeting with some success, said the manager (Mr. W. Barrett) this morning. The fire zone seemed to be diminishing. Mr. Barrett attributed this to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proto workers who were expected to enter the burning Cessnock No. 2 Colliery yesterday afternoon will not enter the mine before Monday at the earliest, said the manager (Mr. W. Barrett) today…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fat coming in contact with a lighted gas jet caused a fire in the Beach Cafe, Hunter-street, last night. Henry Alfred Thornton, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Several craters were blown in yesterday over the old working which are on fire at Cessnock No. 2 colliery. Others were effectively…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, April 29. A.A.P.—Four children were killed and six other persons were injured when a fire engine, answering a false alarm skidded and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Still smudged with grime from the job these pro to men lined up for a picture after fighting the fire at Cessnock No. 2 colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New South Wales Fire Brigade was the only statutory body in Australia that anticipated the outbreak of the war, the President of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Captain W. Burgin, of Boolaroo brigade, is presented with a medal for his 30 years' service by the President of the Board of Fire Commissioners (Mr. T. J. Smith) at Cook's Hill fire station last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CHICAGO, May 2. A.A.P.—More than 20 racehorses owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Graham, known professionally as Elizabeth Arden, the cosmetics…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Ruin was spreading on the coalfields through fire, flood and collapsing pits, the Northern President (Mr. W. Crook) told the Miners' Central Council to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The secretary of Aberdare Central Miners' Lodge (Mr. Cresswell) who was a member of the Miners' Central Council, had received an urgent…
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