Mining Disaster. Unceasing Rescue Work Twenty-two Bodies Recovered. No Hope for Other 54. Victims Killed While Escaping Sydney
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1921 · page 3
Latest advices from North Queensland state that 22 bodies of miners who were entombed in the Mount Mulligan colliery have been recovered. They are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Explosions. the Bulli Disaster
Daily Examiner · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 4
The Mount Mulligan disaster recalls the sensation that was caused throughout Australia in March, 1887, when it became known that a disastrous explosion of fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mining Disaster. Position at Mt. Mulligan Search Party's Work. a Gruesome Sight. Sixteen Bodies Still Missing. Brisbane
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1921 · page 3
No further bodies have been recovered from the Mount Mulligan mine. It is believed that there are still sixteen to be recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Working King Solomon's Mines Modern Company on Ancient Field. Tons of Gold in Olden Days Won by Primitive Methods
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 6
The enormously rich mines of Ophir from which King Solomon, the Queen of Sheba and other rulers of Old Testament days obtained the wealth of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reparations German Shipping Handed Over. Valued at 843,000,000 Gold Marks. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 24 September 1921 · page 5
The "Daily Telegraph's" Paris correspondent says the Reparation Commission values the ships which Germany handed over under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Strikes at Collieries. Newcastle
Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 5
It was announced yesterday on behalf of the Colliery Proprietors' Association that for the week ending yesterday there had been twelve strikes at the collieries…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rich Gold Find in California. Vancouver
Daily Examiner · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 5
Los Angeles leading assayers describe the recent gold strike in Santa Monica mountains as the greatest in Californian history and surpasses even the 1894…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Trade Depression. Welsh Coal Pits Being Closed. London, Friday Night
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 3
Owing to the trade depression, a number of coal mines in Wales are closing indefinitely, including the pits belonging to the Great Western…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mount Mulligan One Body Still in Mine. Royal Commission Gone to the Scene. Sydney, Saturday Night
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 September 1921 · page 3
It is now reported that one body still remains in the Mount Mulligan mine, covered by a heavy fall of earth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Coal Industry Another Disturbing Development. Owners Proportion of Wages Increase. Many Collieries Closing London, Monday Night
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 3
The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Cardiff says, the Coal Mines Department of the Board of Trade has issued An order, without warning,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners' Wages. Interpretation of Agreement, Serious Position in Wales. London
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 5
A serious position has arisen in the South Wales coalfield owing to a misrepresentation of the settlement of the last coal strike, the Mines Department…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Carpathia Tin Mining Company. a Dissatisfied Shareholder. Management Criticised. Sydney, Wednesday Night
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 3
At a meeting of shareholders of the Carpathia Tin Mining Company, held to-day, Mr. Mansell, one of the share-holders, who said he had 2000 shares,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Unemployed. The Coal Mining Industry. Soup Kitchens Opened. for Feeding the Children. London
Daily Examiner · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 5
The cloud of unemployment overshadowed to-day's meeting of the executive of the Miners' Federation in London, whose main business was the discussion of means…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Miners' Resolve. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 5
The Coal Miners' Federation decided not to attempt to put into effect the shorter working fortnight until after a conference has been held between the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cotton Cars Run on Coal Dust
The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 3
Motor cars made of cotton and run by coal dust are possibilities of the not remote future. Such radical departures in the design of automobiles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fools and Madmen. Mr. Havelock Wilson's Strictures the Miners' Strike. Most Colossal Blunders Ever Made. London
Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 5
Mr. Havelock Wilson, in his presidential address at the annual conference of the Sailors and Firemen's Union, said the leaders of the Miners' Federation had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Leaders Sent to Gaol. Kansas
Daily Examiner · Monday 3 October 1921 · page 5
Three of the Miners' Union chief's were sent to gaol when they refused to give bonds undertaking not to cail further strikes in defiance of the Industrial Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams Coal Mine on Fire. Auckland
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 5
Rotowaro coal mine, near Huntley, caught fire yesterday. It is still burning strongly, and the mouth of, the mine has been sealed and water from a nearby…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold for Notes. an Incident of 18 Months Ago. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 5
Robert Donaldson appeared at the City Court, charged with having in January, 1920. stolen from Henry Orford £140. Orford gave evidence, stating that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUEENSLAND Lord Northcliffe in Brisbane. Another Deathrom Plague. Mount Mulligan Mine Inquiry. Brisbane
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 October 1921 · page 5
Lord Northcliffe, who is on his way the East on the St. Albahs availed himself of the vessel's short, stay in Brisbane to day by paying a visit to the city. After…
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