Killingworth Colliery Disaster
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 4
It will be observed by advertisement in this issue that an enquiry into the cause of the explosion at Killingworth colliery, West Wallsend, on Dec. 7 of last year, will be commenced on Wednesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Decreasing Coal Supplies
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 11
In his British Association presidential address, Sir William Ramsay, you will recall, dwelt upon the exhaustion of our coal supplies. The new Home Secretary (Mr. Mc…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Mining Disaster
Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 3
Knoxville (Tenn.) Thursday.—The fire at the Cross Mountain mine has broken out a second time and all hope of saving the entombed miners has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Disaster. All Hope Abandoned. Princeville
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 3
Fire has broken out a second time, in the Cross Mountain Mine, and nil hope is abandoned of saving the remaining minors. Many messages, scrawled on the walls of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining Disaster. Many Men Entombed. Knoxville (Tenn.), Dec. 9
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 2
An explosion occurred in the main mine of the Gross Mountain system, us a result of which probably 100 men have been entombed. Throngs of women and children…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Colliery. Five Miners Entombed. London, Dec, 15
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 5
Cannock Chase mine, in Staffordshire, is on fire, and five miners are entombed. Heroic efforts are being made to rescue them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thick Coal Seams. Work in South Maitland Mines
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 3
Mr. Edden, the Minister of Mines, laid upon die table of the Legislative Assembly the reports of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into certain methods of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Coal Trade
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 5
It is understood that the coal miners' delegates have modified their minimum wage proposals, and are prepared to discuss means for ensuring a fair day's work…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Funeral in a Mining Camp
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 6
The following story of a funeral in it Callfornian mining camp, is from the Sacramento "Transcript" of June 11, 1850: A minor died at a bar that was turning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Colliery Employees' Federation. Delegate Board Meeting
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 5
A special meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliory Employees', Federation was hold at Fatzeus' Rooms yesterday Mr. David Watson presiding, and Mesrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Vend Cases. High Court Judgment
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 21 December 1911 · page 6
In the course of delivering Judgment in Sydney, yesterday in the Vend cases, his Honor Justice isaacs, dealt at length with the refusal to supply Scott, Fell and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Ballot
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 5
The Miners' Conference has resolved to hold a ballot on January 10, with regard to the minimum wage question and if a two-thirds majority is in favour of a strike,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Strike Threatened
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 5
The Miners' Conference, at which 700,000 men are represented, is discussing the minimum wage question. The deligates from South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Coal Vend Cases. the Judgment
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 6
Mr. Justice Isaacs delivered the second section of his judgment in the vend case yesterday. His Honor said the advance in prices had…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners' Federation Officers. Election of Former Officials Certain. Newcastle, Friday afternoon
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 5
The ballot papers used in connection with the voting just completed by the Miners' Federation for the offices of president and general secretary for next year are being counted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegraphic News. the Coal Vend Cases. Defendants Fined £20,000. Sydney
The Scone Advocate · Friday 22 December 1911 · page 2
JUSTICE ISAAC concluded the delivery of his judgment in the Vend coal case. His Honor said he had no hesitation in finding that the Australian public in our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Colliery. Five Miners Entombed. London. Doc. 15
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 3
Caunock Chase mine in Staffordshire, is on fre, and five miners are entombed. Heroic efforts are being made to rescue them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thick Coal Seams. Work in South Maitland Mines
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 15
Mr. Edden, the Minister of Mines, laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly the reports of the. Royal Commission appointed to inquire into certain methods of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Miners' Minimum Wage
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 3
The Durham coal-owners have declined to accede to the demand for an individual minimum wage, irrespective of the amount of work done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Employees' Federation. Delegate Board Meeting
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 23 December 1911 · page 5
A special meeting of the Delegate Board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was : held at Fatzeus' Rooms on Wednesday, Mr. David Watson presiding, and Messrs. W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →