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Page 100
... fire at Gor- manston , and a charcoal burner , two Assyrian hawkers , and three miners were burned to death . Sulphur , rain and fire swiftly painted a new landscape . Fogs heavily charged with sulphur made green grass and plants yellow ...
... fire at Gor- manston , and a charcoal burner , two Assyrian hawkers , and three miners were burned to death . Sulphur , rain and fire swiftly painted a new landscape . Fogs heavily charged with sulphur made green grass and plants yellow ...
Page 226
... fire . This commission of Zeehan men examined fifty - four witnesses and found that as nobody had believed that the mine could catch fire no emergency warn- ing system was thought necessary . In fact not one of the experi- enced miners ...
... fire . This commission of Zeehan men examined fifty - four witnesses and found that as nobody had believed that the mine could catch fire no emergency warn- ing system was thought necessary . In fact not one of the experi- enced miners ...
Page 228
... fire was quenched . Such an incident would fortify the fears and agitations that the mine was unsafe , provoke more industrial trouble , and convince the miners , if not the visiting inspectors , that an emergency shaft was essential ...
... fire was quenched . Such an incident would fortify the fears and agitations that the mine was unsafe , provoke more industrial trouble , and convince the miners , if not the visiting inspectors , that an emergency shaft was essential ...
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A Silver Lining | 6 |
gorge 1896 | 39 |
Miners gathered at the mouth of the bonanza tunnel | 74 |
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