Colliery Explosion
A fearful colliery explosion has occurred in mine at Newport, South Wales. Three hundred miners are entombed…
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Mining & the mines, 1890
153 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 8
Fatal Mining Accident
IT is our sorrowful duty to record, one of the most—if not the most—shocking accidents, resulting fatally in one instance, that have occurred in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Disaster in Wales. 300 Men Entombed. Forty Bodies Recovered. (By Cable.) London
A FEARFUL colliery explosion has occurred in a mine at Newport. South Wales. Three hundred miners are entombed. Later…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Accident at Stewart's Brook. (From a Correspondent.)
On Wednesday last a terrible accident occurred in the Royal Standard Mine, Stewart's Brook, to two men named Henry Caslick and Gunning, which it is feared will lead to fatal results in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Scene Mining Accident. Death of One of the Men
HENRY CASLICK and Thomas Gunning, the victims of the mining accident at Stewart's Brook on Wednesday, arrived in S[?] at 3 a.m on Thursday, in spring carts after a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FICTIOM. From English, American, and Other Periodicals. the Gold Hunters. Chapter XXVI—(Continued.)
The Big Cheyenne, winding its way through prairie and plain, has seen the sun rise on many scenes of horror, but on none worse than that portrayed in the camp of the outlaws. Four men lay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horrible Death of a Mine Manager
A SHOCKING accident occurred on Saturday at the Great Southern Garden Gully mine, Sandhurst One of the shafts caught fire, and James Richards, mining manager, while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Great Mining Disaster. Burial of the Victims. London
THE funeral of the bodies of the 170 miner, the victims of the explosion at the Abesychan colliery, [?] Newport, South Wales, took place yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Difficulty at a Colliery. Men Ordered Off
All the men in the Vale of Clwydd pit, Lithgow, about 40 in number, received a fortnight's notice on Friday from the manager, Mr Brougham. Next morning a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. London, Monday. a Miners Strike
It is believed that 350,000 miners in the United Kingdom will go out on strike on the 15th of the next month unless the mine-owners consent to a rise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federation of Colliery Owners
The colliery-owners of both England and Wales have decided to outer into a federation in older to more successfully resist the impending demand of the men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discovery of Coal at Dover
A coalfield has been discovered at [?] being an extension [?] and [?] Some[?] coal deposits in [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New West Australian Goldfield
A NEW rush has taken place from the Millagene goldfield W.A., to a place east of Ro[?]burne and near the Oakover River, where live men found 700z. of cold in a few days,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Discovery of Gold
Prospecting in the district of Marionetshire, in North Wales, has resulted in the discovery of payable gold…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pre-Victorian Gold Coins
IN consequence of representations made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by the Agents-General of Now South Wales and Victorls, instructions have been sent to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The North Stockton Company's Colliery
Some particulars have been supplied to us of the work done at the North Stockton Colliery, situateon the Hunter River, below Hexham. The Company have purchased an island in the Hunter, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Mining Accident at Greta. (From our Greta Correspondent.)
On Thursday afternoon a dreadful fatal accident occurred in the B pit, by which a man in the prime of life was suddenly hurled into eternity. The circumstances of the case are, so far as I can learn,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stock Crossings at Jerry's Plains. Department of Mines, Stock Branch, Sydney, 3rd March, 1890
Sir,—With reference to your personal application for particulars of Stock Crossinge at Jerry's plains during the year 1888 and 1889, I have now the honor to band you…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Monkwearmouth Colliery
Following, from the Newcastle Herald, is a description of the colliery, formally opened on Saturday, before a number of influential visitors, as mentioned by our Newcastle correspondent:…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fearful Colliery Accident. 100 Miners Entombed. (By Cable). London
Another fearful colliery accident, attended with dreadful results is reported from Wales. A terrific explosion occurred in a mine, which is not named, while the men were at…
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