Frightful Mine Explosion. 71 Lives Lost. Thursday, 3.1 p.m
A frightful explosion occurred in the Bulli coal mine yesterday afternoon. There were 71 miners in the tunnel at the time—50 old hands and 21 new hands…
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Mining & the mines, 1887
258 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 13
Terrible Colliery Disaster
As briefly reported by telegram in last issue, a terrible colliery disaster, caused by an explosion of gas or "fire-damp," occurred at Bulli on Wednesday afternoon. The loss of life is unexampled in mining…
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MR. JOHN KENE, the mining manager of the Garden Gully United Company, Sandhurst, sent in his resignation to the directors after being at the head of affairs in that mine for 17 years…
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SYDNEY, Thursday, 9 a.m. A most terrible colliery disaster occurred at the Bull mine yesterday afternoon, owing to. an explosion of gas. From sixty to seventy men…
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As soon as the Assembly met yesterday, Sir Henry Parkes made a brief statement in regard to the Bulli colliery disaster. He said by the latest accounts which had reached the…
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BULLI, Friday.—The ghastly work of searching out and removing the bodies from the awful pit was continued all day. Crowds were gathered round the mouth of the channel, whence every…
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THE statement made early on Saturday morning, that So bodies had been recovered from the mine, was incorrect a mistake having been, made in the oounting, owing to the difficulty of identification…
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WE are glad to notice that outside of the metropolis, the people of Yass if not the first, were at all events amongst the first in the colony to take action towards raising a fund for…
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THE ghastly work of searching, out and removing the bodies from the awful pit was continued all Friday. Crowds were gathered round the mouth of the tunnel,…
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A SYNDICATE to work a gold and silver mine on the Mulgowrie Crook, eight miles from Binda, is now being formed. The syndicate is to comprise fifty £10 shares…
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John Cavill, a married man with a family of five children, states: "I was working in that part of the mine they call the 'Grip' district, with two lads and…
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THE people of Young, who never yet have been backward then called upon in cases of emergency to believe the distress of deserving unfortunates, are up and doing in the matter of raising relief…
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The following report has been received by the collector of customs, Brisbane, from the sub-collector of customs, Cooktown, under date March 26,:—" I have the honor…
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The following report has been received by the collector of cas[?]o[?]ns Brisbane, from the Sub-collector of customs, Cooktown, under date March [?] I have the honour to report that the…
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THE manager of the Jerrara Creek Mining Co. (limited) reports that since his last communication the tunnel has been driven a further distance of 20 feet, making 50 feet in all. The…
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THE advertised public meeting for the purpose of taking steps to raise funds in aid of the widows and orphans who have been left destitute by the recent sad colliery disaster, was…
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IT is more than seventy years since Sir Humphrey Davy constructed his safety-lamp. During all that time it has been greatly used in coal-mines. The British miner is…
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THE mining in Upper Te[?]ora is principally confined to the workings of the S. A. Q. Company. There are also a few miners working in the shallow alluvial ground near the Mother Shipton, or in the…
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There are two temples of God : the one the universe, the other the rational soul. By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy ; but in passing it over, he…
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ONE of the branches of the Mines Department has been disturbed lately by internecine strife. The exact cause of the trouble cannot be ascertained, but it is said that jealousy and…
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