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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1947

827 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 42

Misadventure of a Football Cause of Colliery Fire

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 4

A resolution that action be taken against the person responsible for the first at Cobar Colliery and the partial electricity blackout last…

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Western Coal Output Continues Good

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 3

Western Main colliery was the only line idle in the west to-day, when approximately 11,060 tons of coal [?]ere produced compared with…

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Miners Trapped in Illinois New York

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 2

More than 100 men are reported to be trapped in a soft coal mine near Centralia, Illinois, as the result of an explosion or cave in…

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Three of Gold Coast Natives London

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 1

Three of the Gold Coast natives who were sentenced to death for ritual murder, were executed yesterday…

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Britain's Miners' Pledge New Agreement Offers Incentive London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 1

Under the agreement just reached by the National Coal Board in Britain and the National Union of Mine workers, every miner in the United…

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Open Cut Miners May Be Next to Go Strike Sydney

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 1

A serious dispute at the open out mines in NSW has been reported to the Central Coal Reference Board by the Western and…

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Steelworks Only Idle Colliery

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 1

Steelworks colliery was idle to-day owing to alleged insufficient boys working on the surface pushing empty skips from the. tippler to the…

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Who Does What? Colliery Demarcation Dispute

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 2

Mr. C. Roy, chairman of the Local Reference Board, said yesterday that the board's decision in the determination of the question of…

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Wife Called Gold Digger

National Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday: A wife 35 years younger than her husband was described as "mercenary and having married for money" by the husband's…

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2Lt Younger Set Visit State Mine

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 5

On Tuesday night the 2LT Younger Set was conducted over the State Mine as a special outing arranged by the committee. Mr. Nixon…

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22 Miners Killed U.S. Disaster

National Advocate · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday: Twenty-two miners were killed and another 80 are trapped as a result of a mine explosion in Centralia, Illinois…

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Little Hope In Centralia Mine Explosions CENTRALIA (Illinois), Thurs

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 1

It is now hoped that rescue parties will reach the 110 entrapped miners in the Centralia colliery Within a few hours, but there is little hope of…

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Week's Coal Record Is Good

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 1

This week's estimated coal production was 52,200 tons compared with 50,320 tons last week. Mine idle included Hermitage (one day)…

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Centralia Mine Disaster Worst , Since 1909

Central Western Daily · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 1

CENTRALIA (Illinois), Thursday—It is now hoped that rescue parties will reach the 110 entrapped miners in…

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Miners May Abandon Hold-up Plan

National Advocate · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: N.S.W. South Coast coal miners are expected to decide on Saturday to abandon their plan for a hold-up next Monday…

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OVER 100 Dead in Mine Disaster New York

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 1

Sixteen more bodies, all mutilated by the explosion which occurred on Tuesday, were recovered from the Wamac soft coal mine near…

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U.S. Mine Disaster New York, Friday

National Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1947 · page 2

The bodies of 16 more miners, killed in the Centralia (Illinois) mine explosion, have been brought to the surface…

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Comrade President of Miners

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

Mr. Idris Williams, a well-known Victorian Communist was on Friday night declared elected Australian president of the Miners Federation…

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All Western Mines Working

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

All coal mines in the western district were reported to be working to-day when the approximate coal production was 10,860 tons…

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Farmers’ Chief Thinks Miners Have Right Idea ?

Central Western Daily · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 1

“How long would the unlon[?] tolerate it; how long would the miners stand for a situation in which they had no…

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