Serious Catastrophe.
COAL MINE ON FIRE. THE PITS CLOSED UP. j FURTHER PARTICULARS. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) DUXEDIV, Miiy 19. A telegram m this evening's Herald says, at 4 o'clock this moruiug the Kaitagata Coal Mine was discovered to be again on fire. This time it is feared that the conflagration is of a most serious character, but at present it i* impossible to ascertain either the exact location or the extent of the fire. It. is known, however, that a portion of the mine m which the newengine ha* lately been erected is burning, and it is supposed that the heating of the chimney is the cause of the fire. The pits are all closed up, and work is entirely suspanded, while not a truck load of coal is ac present available for delivery.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 148, 21 May 1884, Page 2
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134Serious Catastrophe. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 148, 21 May 1884, Page 2
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