Pit Fires Dying Down Blokage After Huge Blast Big Inflow of Waiter
CGESSNOCK, Wednesday. --'Water pumped into Cessnock No, 2 Colliery, old workings of which are on fire, is having its effect…
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Pit Fires Dying Down Blockage After Huge Blast Big Inflow of Water
CESSNOCK, Wednesday. -- Water pumped into Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, old workings off which are on fire, is having its effect…
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Although Cessnock mining experts and citizens at a conference yesterday rejected a plan to bomb burning craters at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery, they fear possible effects of…
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CESSNOCK, Thursday. — Fire in the Cessnock No. 2 colliery has greatly decreased during the last 24 hours, but…
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LONDON, Thursday. -- An unexploded 10001b. bomb buried in St. James Park, began ticking last night, and is liable to…
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LONDON, Thursday. -- An unexploded 10001b. bomb burled in St. James Park, began ticking last night, and is liable to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigades Poll
MR. J. W. LAMBERT has been elected secretary of the Fire Brigades’ Association with an absolute majority over two opponents…
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NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--A change of color in the smoke pouring from the craters above Cessnock No. 2 Colliery tonight indicated that the week-old…
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CESSNOCK, Thursday.—Although the week-old fire is still burning over a large area in the old workings of Cessnock No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reichstag Fire Was Goebbels's Idea
NUREMBERG, April 25 (A.A.P.). —The idea of setting fire to the Reichstag in 1933 originated with Dr. Goebbels, said Dr. Gisevius, former…
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Present methods to control the fire at Cessnock No. 2 Colliery appear to be having some success, said the manager (Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Die in Hanover Blaze Fire At British Headquarters M.P's Escape From Injury
LONDON, Saturday, -- Two people were burned to death when part of the British headquarters at Hanover caught fire after an explosion…
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FOR the ban on tent vaudeville shows, Mr. Baddeley stresses the fire-risk bogy. Permanent theatres have a full-time fireman on the staff. So have tent shows; some have two; and the assertion…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Car Set Alight By Fire- bug
A Ford sedan standing in George- street, city, was deliberately set on fire this afternoon by a man who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fight Against Cessnock Mine Fire Goes On
CESSNOCK, Friday.—The reclaiming of Cessnock No. 2 mine was advanced another step to-day when a complete block was made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram fire delays traffic
Tram traffic was delayed nearly half an hour in Elizabeth Street last night when the motor of a tram burst into…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Woman Saves Home From Fire
A woman's hand was burned yesterday, when she saved her home from possible destruction by confining a fire to one room…
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A car was badly damaged by fire in George-street, city, yesterday afternoon when a lighted cigarette fell into the petrol tank…
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EDINBURGH, Monday.--It was a sad day for Edinburgh yesterday, for 500,000 bottles of beer were destroyed in a brewery fire…
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EDINBURGH, Monday.--It was a sad day for Edinburgh yesterday, for 500,000 bottles of beer were destroyed in a brewery fire…
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