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CESSNOCK, Monday.-- A senior R.A.A.F. officer today made a thorough inspection of the burning Cessnock No. 2 Colliery area, and on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MINERS, with safety ropes tied around their waists, worked precariously on the edge of loosening soil at Cessnock No. 2 colliery yesterday. They dug holes for gelignite charges to seal in the fires. Fires have been burning in the colliery for the past five days…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The large quantity of petrol which escaped into Blackwattle Bay on Sunday night had evaporated sufficiently by yesterday morning to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A 68-year-old woman and her 24-year-old nephew are homeless as the result of a fire in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FORBES, Monday.—William Francis Twogood, who has been in charge of the volunteer fire brigade at Forbes for 30 years, died in the Forbes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE ceiling of a new canteen for wharflaborers in Hickson Rd., Walsh Bay, was extensively damaged by fire today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Two defectives fired five shots as they chased three men in New South Head Rood, Edgecliff, shortly before 3 a.m. yesterday. After the first shot had been fired one man stopped…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →THE ceiling of a new canteen for wharflaborers in Hickson Rd., Walsh Bay, was extensively damaged by fire today…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE ceiling of a new canteen for wharflaborers in Hickson Rd., Walsh Bay, was extensively damaged by fire today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE ceiling of a new canteen for wharflaborers in Hickson Rd., Walsh Bay, was extensively damaged by fire today…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five shots were fired at Edgecliff when a police patrol chased three men through thick fog early yesterday morning, after a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--Bombs will not be used to extinguish fires raging in Cessnock No. 2 coal-mine. A STEAM NAVVY will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CESSNOCK, Tuesday.-- Bombs will not be used to extinguish fires raging in Cessnock No. 2 coal-mine. A STEAM NAVVY will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--Bombs will not be used to extinguish fires raging in Cessnock No. 2 coal-mine. A STEAM NAVVY will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--Bombs will not be used to extinguish fires raging in Cessnock No.2 coal-mine. A STEAM NAVVY will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DEBRIS being cleaned from tables in a waterside workers' cafe, Walsh Bay, after a fire yesterday destroyed 40 square feet of ceiling, Firemen believe the outbreak was caused by overheating of the steam system boiler…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →DAWN MEETING of Cessnock residents planning evacuation before proposals to bomb burning colliery were abandoned yesterday. SUPERINTENDENT of the mine's rescue station, Mr. C. Emery (left), and under-manager of the No. 2 colliery, Mr. H. McKendry, test for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CESSNOCK, Wednesday. -- Water pumped info Cessnock No, 2 Colliery old workings of which are on fire is having its effect…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--Dynamite gangs blasting in burning craters, and other workmen pumping in water, today began to subdue the week-old fire in Cessnock No. 2 Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →CESSNOCK, Wednesday. -- Water pumped into Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, old workings of which are on fire, is having its effect…
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