Scientific Notes. Intense Gold
It is interesting to know that the lowest atmospheric temperature ever recorded by the thermometer was at a point almost directly over the…
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Mining & the mines, 1910
287 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 15 of 15
Great Mine Tragedy, Explosion in a Colliery. Nearly 800 Men Entombed. London
ALL, England was shacked to-day by the news of an appalling mining catastrophe in the neighbourhood of Leigh, in Lancashire Tho scene of this tragedy, by which…
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In February, 1894, a crowd of miners stood on the beach at Esperance Bay watching a greasy cargo tramp landing 18 bull camels (Egyptian bishareens) bound for Mount Magnet and Coolgardie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Catastrophe. 1200 Widowed and Orphaned. London, Dec. 23
The only survivor of the disaster in the Pretoria pit was a boy, who dashed along the tunnel when the explosion occurred. He was rescued with the men from the Arley tunnel…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Disaster. No Hope for the Entombed. London, Dec. 21
At Bolten 440 miners in the Arley pit were rescued, many suffering from gas-poisoning. Dec. 22. A fiery explosion swept five sections of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bolton Catastrophe. Evidence of Gas in Mine. London, Dec. 28
Distressing scenes occurred at the funerals of the victims of the Pretoria pit disaster at Hulton, near Bolton. The funerals were so numerous that they were continued after dark…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Catastrophe. London, Dec. 30
Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, has forwarded to the Bolton disaster relief fund. £2000 contributed by the Commonwealth…
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