THE LIGNITE FIRE.
HOPES OF BEING EXTINGUISHED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wcstpnrt, Last Sight. The old town of Charleston, which in the early days of gold mining carried a population of many thousands, but which to-day is the residence of only a few families, is built over a big seam of lignite. which in places is twenty to forty feet in depth. The field has been worked only for local needs, but lately an effort has been made to link Charleston up with Westport by railway, so as to make coal a marketable commodity. The seam is exposed in many places to a considerable depth, and on Wednesday it was found that the face known a : s Tom's Pit, which is exposed to a depth of 25 feet, was on fire. There is only a slight earth covering over the coal. Messrs. Bowater ard Cryan, who have the lease, immediately arranged a contract with W. Bultcn ovth, who has a good pipe line with a plentiful flow of wafer running close the pit, to extinguish the fire, and it is confidently hoped that this will be accomplished in a very short time.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 February 1919, Page 5
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191THE LIGNITE FIRE. Taranaki Daily News, 28 February 1919, Page 5
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