Many Killed in Coal Dust Explosion. New York
Twenty charred and mangled bodies were recovered from Keenmount coal mine hanger in Virginia after a dust explosion. Twenty-five others are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1938
311 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 16
Gold in N.S.W. Production for March Sydney
The production of native gold of New South Wales origin in the month of March was estimated by the Department of Mines at 8173.2 fine ounces,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FOOTBALL Gold Cup Match Dorrigo Defeats Kempsey
The first match of the Cup season on the Dorrigo ground resulted in a thrilling game between Dorrigo and Kempsey with the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N.Y. DEAL Australian Gold Mines Sale to U.S.A. Group. New York
The Australian Associated Press learns on the highest authority that a deal involving the outright [?]sale to American capitalists or a refinancing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →26 DEAD Colliery Explosion Sobbing Women at Pithead. London
An explosion at the Markham colliery, at Duckmanton, as the night shift of 200 men were coming to the surface, entrapped 123 men, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →78 Dead Explosions Mine Worst Since 1934 Frantic Rescue Efforts London
The death roll as the result of the explosions in the Markham colliery, near Chesterfield, has now reached 78. About 40 other miners were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Mine Encroachment Alleged £15,000 Theft Charge Case From Bendigo Melbourne
Evidence was given by William Moore in Bendigo Court to-day that with another man he visited The Little 180 mine. Bendigo. at midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →80 Deaths in Colliery Explosion. London
The death roll in the Markham colliery disaster is now 80…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Freighter Blown Up by Mine? London
Two hatch covers with the name of Anglo-Australian burnt into them, possibly provide a clue to the fate of the missing freighter of that name. They…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Gold Find in Kalgoorlie District. Kalgoorlie
Frederick Pass discovered a new gold find 30 miles west of Menzies, which is now under option to the Goldfields Australian Development Co. for £15,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Spark Candidate For Cups Trainer Impressed. Sydney
So impressed was the lessee-trainer. A. G. Papworth, with the performance of Gold Spark in winning the Warwick May Handicap, at Warwick Farm, races…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Out of Coal a Steamer's Predicament Struggled Into Coffs
Having run very short of coal in her bunkers, the 250-ton steamer Ready struggled into Coffs Harbour early yesterday morning to avoid…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Close Call Steamer Straggles To Port Coal Low in Bunkers. Coff's Harbor
The 250-ton steamer Read which struggled into Cuffs Harbor early this morning. narrowly escaped been stranded on the high seas, due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coal Miners Want Better Conditions Crisis Approaching. Sydney
The coal mining industry is approaching a crisis. The outcome will depend on the rank and file ruling on decisions reached at a conference of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World Coal Supply Shares Of Countries Some Important Changes
A striking decline in the combined importance of the United Stales, Great Britain, France, Poland and Czecho- Slovakia as coal- producing nations, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Week's Holiday For Welsh Miners Fay for First Time Will Cost Industry £100,000 P.A.
South Wales miners. by [?]ar the biggest body of industrial workers in the area -- a[?] 135,000 of all grades --win get a week's holiday with [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Strike? Position Becoming Serious Owners Will Resist Demands. Sydney
A serious position appears to be threatened in the coal raining industry. It was stated unofficially during the week- end that the owners would stand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dorrigo Defeated By Bellingen Team Claude Bridges Gold Cup Match. Dorrigo
After a most exciting match Bellingen defeated Dorrigo on the latter's home ground by seven to four after the scores had been two all at half-time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boys' Prank Pigeon Hunt In Mine Smoked Out Miners. Kalgoorlie
Boys who started a fire in the disused Hinchcliffe shaft of Gold Mines of Kaigoorlie, Ltd., to smake out pigeons, smoked out 65 men from their work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Boys for Australia From South Wales Mining Centres. London
Meagre prospects of employment in South Wales are turning the thoughts of a number of boys towards farming in Australia…
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