The Miners [?] at Bulli. Extraordinary. [?]Eedings
A telegram to the Echo say:—There was an exceeding Bulli, Monday, this morning; about 40 men ar[?]ing scene here com[?]any's steamer from Sydney, an the Bulli…
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Mining & the mines, 1887
82 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 5
Lock out at Lambton Colliery
A LOCK at Lambton Colliery has come about through circumstance[?] datailed below. On the 6th inst. the question of working what is known as…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Alma." an Original Australian Story by Harold Stephen Esc., M.P. of New South Wales. (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Xiv. the Great Gold Robbery
A dark, sultry night. The "Pride of the Ocean" is ready for sen, and will sail at break of day. Her crew are all aboard her hatches are battened down, and in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Incentives to Gold Hunters
Mr. W. F. Buchanan, late of Killarney, Narrabri, now of Paris, has addressed us the following letter, with a request that we should publish the correspondence referred to. It will be seen that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Strike at the Bulli Colliery. (From the Herald's Reporter.) Bulli
The crowd which assembled last night in the anticipation of the arrival of a boat with "blacklegs" melted away between 11 and 12 o'clock, leaving the field to the scouts, who remained on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Colliery Strike at Bulli. (By Telegraph to the Herald.) Bulli, Sunday night
Some of the men working at the pit were paid on Saturday; but the average sum earned has not been, ascertained. This was the first occasion on which the men had been paid at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mining Dispute at Mount Keira. (By telegraph to the Herald.) Wollongong
The cases against the five men who were prosecuted by Mr. H. O. M'Cabe, the manager of the Mount Keira mine, in connection with the obstruction of the men on their way to work at Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Diamond Mines at Inverell
The Government Geologist has finished to the Under-seeretary for Mines the following report on the diamond-bearing formation in the Inverell district:—"Inverell, 31st January, 1887. The…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Proposed Sale of a Rich Gold Mine. (Argus Telegram.) Ballarat, Friday Evening
The Lone Hand mine, one of the most successful of the alluvial mines of the colony, virtually expired to-day, when at a special meeting of the shareholders the directors were empowered to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Silkstone Colliery
Some time ago a party of gentlemen in Sydney and Parramatta took up, under mineral lease, some thousands of acres of Crown lands, lying about seven or eight miles to the south-west of West…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mount Kembla Miners
The Mount Kembla miners [?] work yesterday on the masters' [?] when most of the married men were [?] on again…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Termination of the Miners' Strike at Mount Kembla. (From the Herald.)
The dispute which has existed for some time past between the proprietors of and the employes at the Mount Kembla colliery has been at length settled. Subsequent to a considerable amount of…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The Scotch Miners and their plan of Campaign
On Wednesday a meeting of Hamilton district miners was held in Scott's Hall. Mr. Cochlan presided. In preference to the scheme of the executive to remain idle from Thursday until the 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kimberley Gold Field
In the report by Mr. Warden Price to the Western Australian Government upon the Kimberley goldfields, bearing date December 10,1886, and published in the Western Mail, of February 26,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Poetry. Gold and Silver
Along her father's field they strayed, All flecked with cowslips yellow, A little, dainty, gold-haired maid, A study nine-year fellow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Miners' Riot near Glasgow
A serious strike riot broke out at Blantyre, near Glasgow, on the night of Feb. 7, on the return of some miners from a meeting in Hamilton. Information was sent to the police head-quarters at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Fatal Colliery Explosion. [By Telegraph From Greville's Co.] Sydney, Wednesday evening
Mr. Abigail to-night received a wire, stating hat by a gas explosion in the Bulli Colliery sixty miners were entombed. Seven bodies were recovered; there were no hopes of the others. No…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Colliery Disaster. Wholesale Loss of Life. Shocking Scenes. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Thursday morning
A MOST terrible colliery disaster occurred at the Bulli mine yesterday afternoon through an explosion of gas. Sixty to seventy men were entombed. Relief…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disastrous Colliery Explosion at Bulli. [By Telegraph From Greville's Co.] Sixty or Seventy Men Entombed. Search Made with Great Risk. Only a Few Dead Bodies Found. a Consequence of the Strike. Alleged Inexperience of Temporary Workmen. Heartrending Sorrow of Wives and Children. No Rescue Apparently Possible. Sydney
A most terrible colliery disaster occurred at Bulli mine yesterday afternoon, by an explosion of gas. Sixty to seventy men were entombed; relief parties went to work, and with difficulty got out seven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Terrible Mining Explosion at Bulli. Eighty-five Persons Killed. (From the Herald's Special Reporter) Bulli
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 tunnel, whence every now and then four miners…
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