Colliery Disaster. Four Men Killed
The South Clifton Colliery was the scene of a disaster on Saturday. Five men were engaged in tunnelling and had driven about 30lt. when a fall of earth took place, entombing…
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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
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The South Clifton Colliery was the scene of a disaster on Saturday. Five men were engaged in tunnelling and had driven about 30lt. when a fall of earth took place, entombing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some months ago a well-known assayer and mineralogist obtained samples of cost various planes on the north coast where seams are known to exist. Among these samples were several from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The South Kirby, Featherstone, and Hemsworth Collieries, Ltd., says an English exchange, are about to lay out a large estate at Hemsworth, near Pontefract, as a model…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The half-yearly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company, Limited, was hold at the Royal Exchange yesterday. Mr. Harley Mackenzie, chairman of directors,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early on Saturday afternoon the 0oof of the new tunnel at the South Clifton Colliery, Scarborough, collapsed, with the result that four men,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the directors of the Wallaroo and Moonta Copper Co. was held at Adelaide to consider the question of selling the property to English capitalists. No official…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early on Saturday afternoon the roof of the new tunnel at the South Clifton Colliery, Scarborough, collapsed, with the result that four men, who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This morning there were over 700 coal lumpers in Sydney out of employment, due to the fact that they ceased work contrary to the terms of the Arbitration Court…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During a short visit to the Caledonian Company's Aberdare Extended Colliery on Wednesday last opportunity was given of noting the various improvements which have…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The South Clifton Colliery was the scene of a disaster on Saturday. Five men were engaged in tunnelling and had driven about 30ft. when a fall of earth took place, entombing…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →For the fortnightly pay to be drawn at the South Maitland collieries on Friday next East Greta and Stanford-Merthyr mines have worked full time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The discovery is reported of a hugh kaclin lode formation, containing gold and silver at Deeningup, on the Upper Blackwood, W.A. The prospector, R. Hinter, declares…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Some months ago a well-known assayer and mineralogist obtained samples of coal from various places on the north coast where seams are known to exist. Among these simple were several from the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →All the unionist, coal lumpers, to the number of about 700, strudk work this morning, contrary to the terms of the arbitration award, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Joss than 28 collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts worked full [?] during the past fortnight; and none of th[?] 35 pits from which returns are available [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fresh development took place this morning in connection with the coal lumpers' strike, when unionists sought to prevent some employees from resuming work. There were about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Matters are unchanged in regard to the coal lumpers' strike. The mail steamers Ortona and the Yarra got away to time to-day. A prominent unionist expressed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For the fortnight ended on Saturday, the average of days worked at the Newcastle and Maitland pits was very high. Twenty-eight mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There were fresh developments this morning in connection with the coal lumpers' strike, when, the unionists sought to prevent some-men- resuming…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The strike of coal lumpers in Sydney lias naturally caused some considerable stir in commercial and industrial circles. On Friday morning…
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