The Morfa Colliery Disaster. Colliery on Fire
London, Tuesday.—Fire mere men. have been got out of Morfa colliery, but, owing to the subsidence of the earth, the greatest difficulty is experienced in…
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Mining & the mines, 1890
153 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 8
THE Labour Trouble in England 250,000 Miners Out. General Strike Ok Engineers
LONDON , Friday night.—The colliery proprietors in Lancashire, Yorkshire and the Midland Counties have declined to accept the compromise suggested by the men, viz.,…
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As many as 177 lives have been lost through the explosion which occurred on Thursday, February 6, at the L[?]nerch Colliery, near Abersychan, in Monmouthshire. The colliery is one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Suicide of a Mining Speculator. (From the Echo.) Adelaide
A sensation was caused in the city this morning on the receipt of intelligence that Mr. H. L. Beddome, son of Mr. S. Beddome, the respected police magistrate of Adelaide, had committed suicide…
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The Coroner's inquest into the recent fatal colliery disaster in South Wales was concluded yesterday, and resulted in a verdict that no one was to blame for the catastrophe…
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A terrible colliery explosion, resulting in the loss of close on 100 lives, occurred at half-past twelve o'clock on the afternoon of March 10 at the Morfa Colliery, Glamorganshire, belonging to Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Mining Accident at Clones
A FATAL, mining accident occurred at Clunes (Vie.) on Monday. A miner named Thomes Davis, engaged in the Port Phillip Company's Mine,…
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A MINER named John Hughes met with his death on Monday in the Newcastle Goal Company's B pit at about half-past 12 o'clock. It appears that Hughes and his mnte, named…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bloomfield Colliery
This colliery is situate about three miles from East Maitland, on the east side of the main road leading from Maitland to Mount Vincent and Brisbane Water, and is now being worked by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal Discovery at Ravensworth Report of the Superintendent of Drills
THE following is the report of W. H. J. Sloe, F.G.S., Superintendent of Drills, concerning the discovery of several coal seams pierced by No 13 Government diamond drill…
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Following is the report of W. H. J. Slee, F.G.S., Superintendent of Drills, concerning the discovery of several coal seams pierced by No 13 Government diamond drill at Ravensworth Estate, the property…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company. (By Telegraph from a Correspondent.) Sydney
The half-yearly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company was held in the Exchange this morning, Mr. J. F.. Burns, M.P., in the chair. A dividend at the rate of 20 per cent,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Review. John Vale's Guardian. By David Christi[?] Murray, author of Val Strange, Joseph's Coat, Rainbow Gold, etc. London: Macmillan and Co. Macmillan's Colonial Library
The thoughsful reader, after perusal of this wholesome and interesting narrative, must be struck with fruitfulness of invention of which Mr. Chriestie Murray, not alone among novelists,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Condition of Miners in Pennysylvania. (Newcastle Herald.)
By the San Francisco mail, Mr. J. Curley, M.P., received the following letter from an old Wallsend miner, who left this place two years ago for the United States, and which, in accordance with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Official Correspondence. THE Hon, A. J. Gould has kindly handed us the following letters for publication:— the Bathurst Burr, Department of Mines, Stock Branch, Sydney, 9th May, 1890
SIR.— I have the honor, by direction of the Minister for Mines and Agriculture, to inform you in reply to your memorandum on Mr A. A. Dangar's letter of the 5th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Brown's Coal Shoots to Tarro Railway Station
All travellers over the above [?]oad will be pleased to notice from the following letter from the Department of Public Works to the Hon. J. N. Brunker, M.L.A. for East Maitland, that the Minister of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal in the Maitland District. Results of the Geological Survey. (Herald.)
A progress report on the geological survey which is being conducted of the Maitland district has been furnished to the Mines Department by Mr. T. W. E. David. B.A.. F G.S., geological surveyor. Much interesting information is contained in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Goldfields Declared, etc. Land District of Scone
Areas severally of 220 and 668 acres, county of Brisbane, parish of Wandewoi, are proclaimed extensions of the Nowendoc Goldfield. LAND DISTRICT OF STROUD…
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Areas severally of 220 and 668 acres, country, of Brisbane, parish of Wandewoi, are proclaimed extensions of the N[?]wendoc Goldfield. LAND DISTRICT OF STROUD…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Goldfields Declared, etc. Land District of Scone
Areas severally of 220 and 668 acres, county of Brisbane, parish of Wandewoi, are proclaimed extensions of the Nowendoc Goldfield. LAND DISTRICT OF STROUD…
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