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Mining & the mines, 1898

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Terrible Colliery Accident. LONDON, Sunday

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 2

The Muldhouseburn colliery at Muirkirk, Scotland, has been flooded, and many of the miners entombed. Sixteen of the men were rescued…

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The Miners Sliding Scale

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 17 March 1898 · page 3

Welsh colliers urge a limited output as a condition of the renewal of the sliding seale…

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Only the Coal Man

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1898 · page 5

Some time ago I met with a most ludicrous adventure while delivering coal at a private lunatic saylum just outside Dublin. Having been admitted by he lodge-keeper, I led my…

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The Coal Mining Dispute

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 4

SIR.—In the last few years it has not often fallen to my lot to advocate the claims of the working men of New South Wales, but on the present occa-sion it seems to me that the claim of the coal…

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Chapter Xvii. the Miners

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 1

At the moment they loft the table, Dixmer was told that his notary awaited him in his study. He excused himself to Maurice, besides, he was accustomed to…

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Mining Items

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 6

Welsh colliers urge a limited output as a condition of the renewal of the sliding scale. Rich ore is reported to have been struck in Hyde and party's block near Deepwarter, assaying 216oz…

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The Coal Weighing Question

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 March 1898 · page 11

The Minister of Mines was engaged on Friday morning, 11th inst., in discussing with a very large and influential deputation the troubles which have arisen out of the new Coal Mines Regulation…

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Explosion in a Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5

A terrible explosion has taken place in the Isabella mine, Cordova, Spain. Seventy miners were killed…

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Fearful Colliery Accident. Terrible Explosion in Dudley Pit. Fourteen Men Entombed in a Burning Coalmine. No Hope Entertained of a Rescue. a Pick-boy's Marvellous Escape. Twenty-four, Children Left Fatherless. Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 March 1898 · page 5

One of those frightful disasters which seem inseparable from the conduct of mining in the Newcastle district occurred at the Dudley Colliery shortly after nine o'clock this morning, when an…

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Terrible Colliery Accident. Fourteen Men Entombed

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

YESTERDAY afternoon we received word of A Terrible disaster at the Dadley Pit, near Newcastle, by which 14 men were entombed, and there was very…

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Mining in Western Australia

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 5

The committee of the Western Australian Chamber of Mines approves of Sir John Forrest's measure of temporary relief for mining companies, and urges a prohibition against alluvial miners…

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The Mining Disaster at Dudley. Two Bodies Recovered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 5

The terrible explosion which occurred at the Dudley Colliery yesterday morning is the worst as regards its fatal results that has ever happened in the Newcastle district. Unfortunately, it goes…

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Dudley Mine Explosion. Twelve Men Entombed. No Hope of Rescuing Them Alive [By Telegraph.] Newcastle

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 3

A terrible explosion occurred nt nine o'clock this morning at the Dudley Colliery, Newcastle. The main shaft was completely wrecked. Two men…

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The Klondyke Goldfields

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 22 March 1898 · page 2

We have received from Mr. J. P. O'Hicley, of West Maitland, copies of the Alaska Miner, of December 25 and January 1st. This is a weekly publication at Junea, in the Klondyke region, and…

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The Dudley Mining Disaster. More Bodies Recovered

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 2

The work of rescue in the Dudley colliery is still being prosecuted vigorously, parties of men being exploration has been rendered very difficult owing…

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Coal Supplies. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 3

Five Russian warships have arrived in Port Arthur with 11,000 tons of coal…

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Dudley Mine Explosion. Work of Finding the Bodies. Heartrending Scenes at the Pit's Mouth

Singleton Argus · Thursday 24 March 1898 · page 2

THE appalling calamity which occurred at the Dudley Colliery on Monday, and reported in our telegraphic news of last issue, is the most serious…

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The Dudley Colliery Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 3

The search for the bodies of the unfortunate miners who met their death in the terrible colliery explosion at Dudley on Monday continued with unabated vigour until yesterday evening at six…

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Mining Notes

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 2

Lease refused: P. Woods, 1 acre at Dry Creek. The fortunes of the Stewarts Brook G. M. Co., which for over two years have…

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The Dudley Colliery Disaster. Several Bodies Recovered Death Due to Poisonous Gas Work of the Exploring Parties. Action of the Government. Newcastle

The Scone Advocate · Friday 25 March 1898 · page 4

THE sad calamity at the Dudley Colliery, by which 15 men have lost their lives and as many homes have been rendered desolate, formed the sole…

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