Mine fires, ono# thoy take deep hold of a seam of ooal, appear to bo almost inextinguishable. There ia a, lire In n French mine at Aveyron whioh goes on from year to year, throwing; up 6moke and steam and flame, so that it is known us the Burning Mountain of Montet. The Burning Hills of Daillv, Ayrshire, aro an old mino whoso subterranean fires were started when Napoleon was n prisoner on St. Helena, and fcliey have been burning ever since. The fire, sending deadly fumes into an adjoining pit, cao»d the death of two' men J*rt J«*- '
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 48, 20 November 1920, Page 5
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