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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 →STAWELL, Sunday. -- A quaint little old mining town turned into a four-day fairyland of gay flags,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--A conference of mine experts has decided to abandon the proposal to try to extinguish the burning craters at the Cessnock No. 2 colliery by aircraft bombing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →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 →SMOKE COLUMNS rising from craters in Cessnock No. 2 colliery. Plans for bombing the craters by an R.A.A.F. Catalina plane have been postponed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →DARWIN, Monday.--Prospectors are arriving to stake claims, following a report pf a rich gold discovery at "Rum Jungle," 60 miles from Darwin. Mr. Harry A. Sargent, 75, of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Unless there is an immediate resumption of cargoes from Newcastle to augment the meagre supply of coal on hand…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No decision has yet been reached on the plan to "bomb out" the fir[?] which has been raging in the old workings of Cessnock No. 2 Colliery since Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Unless there is an immediate resumption of cargoes from Newcastle to augment the meagre supply of coal on hand…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CESSNOCK, Tuesday.--Strong local objections having been taken to the bombing off Cessnock No. 2 coalmine, which has been on fire since last…
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 →DARWIN, Tuesday.--The AIF ex-officer said to have made a rich gold find near Batchelor is Major E. Schwenke, of Inverell (NSW). Within a week of his discharge…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →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 →POOR quality coal might cause electricity blackouts during the winter. This warning was given at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →POOR qualify coal might cause electricity blackouts during the winter. This warning was given at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →POOR quality coal might cause electricity blackouts during the winter. This wanting was given at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →POOR qualify coal might cause electricity blackouts during the winter. This warning wm given at a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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…
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