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                                            Photos of the South Mine fire in 1919 during the
                                             big strike of 1919.

    
Firemen still on the job the following morning
Spectators gaze in awe at the smouldering ruins of
off the South Mill
       Charred remains of the main shaft poppet head 
Shaft top structure once stood over 30m  high
                        Looking across the ruined mill from North to Sourth

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