MINING DISASTER.
A DARK SUSPICION.
By, S»l*grafeh 4 PoHM SfiM’a, Copyright Sydney, Nov. 2: Smoke has ceased in the Stanford mine. The management are hopeful, that the damage will not be so serious as was at first anticipated. Tbe manager is strongly of opinion that the mine was deliberately fired. The directors have offered a reward of £3OO for 'the conviction of the guilty person. This action has caused a great sensation in the district.
AN ARREST MADE.
By telegrapH, Pkmh A'm’b, Copyright Received 1.5 a.m., Nov. 3.
Sydney, Nov. 2, There is a sensational development in regard to tho Sandford fire. A laborer named Charles Liback, employed in the oolliery, arrested on a charge of maliciously setting fire, was confronted by witnesses, who alleged that he told them he was in the oolliery shortly before the fire. Libaok denied it. He said that he was drunk and abed all the Dight of the outbreak.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1593, 3 November 1905, Page 2
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