Mine Accidents
Les Allan, of 175 Pell Street, a mill hand at the South mine, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for a Licera[?] scalp…
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Mining & the mines, 1942
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Mirier Killed At North Mine
Albert Hacking (50), miner, married, and residing at 158 Wyman Street, was killed at the North mine early yesterday morning by a fall of ground. Mr. Hocking had been barring down…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Prosecutions of New Coal Regulations Begun Charges Against Owners, Manager, Lodge President, And Miners SYDNEY. August 10
In the first prosecutions of their kind. the owners and manager of Pelton colliery and live employees were charged before Judge Drake Brockman in the…
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Every coal mine in New South Wales was working today, there being a complete absence of industrial disputes and transport difficulties…
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At the Zinc Corporation last night J. B. M'Qualian suffered laceration to the the hand. He was treated at the mine and then allowed to go to his home at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man's Death Due to Natural Causes Mr. Kellaways Collapse At South Mine On August 7
A VERDICT of death from natural causes was returned by the jury to the Deputy Coroner (Mr. M. J. D. Austin) in the Coroner's Court this morning at the inquest touching the death of Mr. Thomas Kellaway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miner s Death At North Accidental Work Mate's Story of Fall of Earth at Mine; Warning of Official
FIVE minutes after two miners had finished "barring down" bad ground on a hanging wall in a stope at the North mine and thought it was safe, mullock fell and killed one of them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Charged with Coal Regulations Breach Sydney, August 12
Replying to Crown allegations in the [?] in which be and three other employees of [?]llon coat raine at Cessnock, were charged under the National…
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Leonard Buss, a miner on the North, was treated at the Hospital yesterday for a crushed foot, and then allowed to go to his home at 493 Chapple Street…
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MELBOURNE.—The Minister for Supply (Mr. Beasley) told the Premiers' Conference yesterday that coal transport presented such a…
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SYDNEY.—Every colliery in N.S.W. was working today and the output this week will be the highest this year. It is believed that if the present…
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Serious injuries were suffered by two miners at the Zinc Corporation mine yesterday when they bored into a miss hole while working in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Verdict Of Accidental Death—North Mine Fatality
A verdict of accidental death was returned in the Coroner's Court yesterday, when an inquest was held into the death of Albert Edward Hocking (50) at the North mine on Monday morning. Evidence was given that had ground on the hanging…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Miners Injured By Unexpected Explosion At Zinc Corporation
Two miners were badly injured at the Zinc Corporation yesterday when they bored into a miss hole. One man was treated of the mine for over four hours before he was taken to hospital. The Injured men were:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miners Charged Under Coal Regulations Northern Secretary and Check Inspector's Defence Evidence Sydney, August 13
In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day James Simpson, secretary of the Northern District Bla[?] of the Miners Federation said Judge [?]ake Broc[?]…
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SYDNEY.—For the fourth day in succession all coal mines in New South Wales are working. The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) said today that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coal Output Record Sydney, August 13
All New South Wales mines worked to-day for the third consecutive day. the output for this week will bethe highest for the year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Managers Assn's. Gift Of £450 To Y.M.C.A.
THE handsome renovations now practically completed at the Y.M.C.A. buildings were made possible through a generous donation of £450 by the Mining Managers' Association. With this money, the building, which had a very shabby exterior, was painted in handsome colors, sewerage…
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At the North Mine yesterday [?] Vojvodie suffered a bruised [?] when struck by [?] piece of timber [?] was taken in the ambulance to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Worker To Archdeacon
FROM mine worker to Archdeacon of Hay, is the course of progress of the Ven. Archdeacon Hardingham, now on a brief visit to Broken Hill. The Archdeacon was an old Barriente, and in his early days he worked on the line of lode. He went to the last war, where he was one of the original…
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