COLLIERY TROUBLE.
SEQUEL TO WHITEHAVEN DISASTER. ■ B> Ttlezrnph—l'ress Asßociation-OopyrliM (Rec. May 29, 5 p.m.) London, May 2S. As a sequel to tlio Whitehaven liery disaster, 900 workers in the pit adjoining the ill-fated colliery havo decided to cease work for a fortnight, alleging the appearance of black-damp. [Black-damp is carbon-dioxide gas, which is found iu greater or less quantity in all collieries, being given off by many coals, either mixed with fire-damp or separately, or produced in various other ways, as by fires and by explosions •« fire-damp.]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 829, 30 May 1910, Page 7
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87COLLIERY TROUBLE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 829, 30 May 1910, Page 7
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