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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
1,137 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 57
There was a case of considerable interest to the mining community at the Cessnock Small Debts Court on Tuesday, in which the general secretary of the Miners' Federation (Mr. W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The joint committee of concil[?] mining disputes, met again vested C. Hibble, chairman of committeed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr Murgatroyed, who wa among the rescuers headed by Mr Pickering, stated in an interview that they reached the place where the original explosion occurred. In Cadesby…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The events of last night and to-day prove that the disquieting reports circulated in many local mining centres yesterday to the effect that a big stoppage of the Northern colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Eight miners are believed to be dead through an explosion of gas in a mine belonging to the Fountain Coal Company. Rescue parties are exploring, but there is little hope…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The resignation of the matron and nursing staff of the Kurri District Hospital was made the subject of discussion at last evening's meeting of the management…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →We are pleaded to note that the above is making substantial progress. Last week a new compressed air machine was installed at the mine. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ten days constituted full time for the fortnight ended on Saturday, and no less than 23 collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts worked that number of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mr. W. R. Bird, who has been chief of the electrical staff of Hebburn Colliery for about four years, was recently entertained by the colliery officials prior to his departure for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There Is trouble among the wheelers in the Newcastle district, and a crisis appears to be near at hand owing to the being ignored by the a separate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A thrilling and in some respects romantic search for a lost child was this morning successfully completed in the bush near the mining; township of Dudley…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A shocking double tragedy occurred at Kahibah, a small country township about 12 miles from Newcastle, shortly before, six p.m. on Tuesday, when Mary Keenan…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Two explosions occurred this morning in the Cadeby pit, at Conisbrough, West Riding of Yorkshire, as a result of which 30 men were killed and many injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →[?] McKenna, Home Secretary, [?]pointing an expert committee to enquire [?] to prevent spontaneous combustion in [?] mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hetton colliery was this morning thrown Idle by a strike of miners. The strikers held a meeting at ,Wickham just before noon to-day to deal with the situation, but were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The directors of the Royal Humane Society of Australasia have decided to give to Leonard Cullen, a miner, at the Bullfinch Proprietary's mine, Western Australia, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As a result of a meeting of the tea live committee of the recenti[?] Wheelers and Shiftmen's Union. [?] at Newcastle on Saturday night, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The joint medical committees of the Stanford Merthyr and Pelaw Main collieries met on Saturday evening, when the resignation of Dr. Jamison as colliery doctor was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday was responsible for suspension of the coal traffic on Messrs. Brown's Pelaw-Main railway yesterday. However, arrangements…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London, Saturday.—The funerals of the victims of the Cadeby pit explosion took place yesterday amid many distressing scenes. The grief of the…
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