The Colliery Disaster. Visit of the Governor
THERE is little to add about the colliery disaster near Newcastle. The rescue parties have continued at work day and night to reach the eleven entombed men…
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Mining & the mines, 1889
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The Mining Disaster at Newcastle. the Work of Rescue Proceeding. (From our Newcastle correspondent.) Friday evening, received 6.0
The Glebe relief party after passing through the soft stuff, encountered more rock, and are not likely to reach Petitt's body till late to-night. Inspector Dixon ascended the shaft shortly after…
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MR SLEE, superintendent of drills, a turned to Sydney on Saturday night from an inspection of the drill sites in the northern districts, where boring…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Disaster. None of the Bodies Found. a Horse Recovered
SINCE Saturday morning the brave band of men forming the rescue party have made very good progress in the work of tunnelling, and late in the evening the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Colliery Explosion in France. 200 Miners Killed
PARIS, Wednesday.—A terrible colliery explosion occurred at St. Etienne, in France, to-day. Three hundred men were at work, when the explosion occurred, and although…
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THE funeral of Herbert Petitt,the young man whose body was recovered on Tuesday, was very largely attended on Wednesday It has not yet been decided by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Buried Alive. Glebe Colliery, June 22, 1889
Locked in a living tomb. Deep in the pit's dense gloom, Hearing the step of doom, Hovering nigh…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commonage for Darlington. Stock Branch, Department of Mines, Sydney, 29th June, 1889
Sir,—I have the honor to inform you that your letter of the 21st., lost., with regard to the application for Commonage at Darlington and Dunolly, has been referred to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The French Colliery Disaster. 213 Miners Entombed
LONDON, Saturday;—It has been ascertained that there are 213 miners entombed through the explosion in a colliery at St Etienne, situated in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colliery Catastrophe. Work Finally Stopped
ON Saturday the president, the secretary, and treasurer of the Minors' Association wrote to the Examiner of Coalfields, asking him to wait upon the manage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colliery Catastrophe. the Inquest. (By Telegraph.) Newcastle
THE A.A. Company have decided to hand over the pit where the recent disaster took place to the Government temporarily to enable them to proceed with the rescue work…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal-mining in Victoria
A Royal Commission has been appointed in Victoria to inquire into the best means of developing and promoting coal-mining…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Catastrophe. Volunteers for Rescue Work
THE minors having expressed a desire to continue the work of recovering the bodies of the entombed miners in He Hamilton pit, Newcastle, 200 responded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Colliery Disaster In the Hamilton Pit. the Inquest. (From the Newcastle Herald.)
The inquest on the body of Herbert news was resumed at the Newcastle Council Chambers, on Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, by the City Coroner, Mr. G. C. Martin, J.P., and a jury of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Muswellbrook Coal Field
SOME time ago we had occasion to refer to a coal discovery made by Mr J. Don[?]ue in the immediate vicinity of the town, We then pointed out that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discovery of "Planted" Gold. £3742 RECOVERED
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—An extraordinary discovery was made at Williamstown on Saturday. Two boya were playing under the railway pier near the station platform…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colliery Disaster. Verdict of the Jury. [By Telegraph] Newcastle
THE coroner's inquest touching the death of Herbert Pettit, the only one of the victims whose body was recovered from the Glebe colliery after the recent disaster, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Now South Wales Mining. LONDON
THE Agent-General of New South Wales, Sir Saul Samuel, has received instructions from the Government of that colony to engage the services of a competent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colliery Disaster at the Glebe. the Inquest. (Newcastle Herald.)
The inquiry into the cause of the death of Herbert Pettit was continued on Thursday at the Newcastle Council Chambers. Mr. Sparke appeared for the Department of Mines, Mr. Curley on behalf…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fresh Gold Discoveries
BRISBANE, Monday—The recent discoveries of payable gold in what is known as conglomerate on the Pelme[?] goldfield, a portion of the district which…
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