Welsh Colliery Disaster. Inspection Party Overcome by Gas
London, Wednesday.—During an inspection of the Universal Colliery at Cardiff, 20 of the leading mining officials became suddenly overcome by noxious…
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Mining & the mines, 1913
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Explosive Coal Dust. London, Oct. 20
The report of the Royal Commission on Mines is about to be issued. Sir Arthur Markham, M.P., one of the members, in a speech at Kirk by,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipping Congestion. Chaos on the Coal Lines
NEWCASTLE, Saturday afternoon. The shipping congestion in Port Hunter is as serious to-day as yesterday. Chaos, reigns supreme on the coal lines, at the coal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Oil Era. Killing the Coal Trade
Messrs. J. and A. Brown have received a letter from their San Francisco house, giving illustrations and reason of the increase of oil as a fuel against coal…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Coal-lumper's Death. Charges Against Hospital
An Inquiry took place on Friday in Sydney concerning the death of Edward James Roberts, aged 24, a coal-lumper. Mr. W. O'Connor, secretary of the Coal-lumpers'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Small Coal Question. Evidence Concluded. Newcastle
The Miners Wages Board this afternoon completed the hearing of the small coal case. Mr. Kelynack (for the proprietors) and Mr. Lewis (for the Miners' Federation)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Disasters. New Mexico Explosion
DAWSON (New Mexico), Oct, 24. The entombed miners are believed to be dead, and all hope of reaching them has been abandoned, as a fire has broken out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welsh Colliery Disaster. Discovery of the Dead. Pathetic Scenes. London, Oct. 16
An inspection of the bodies shows that many of the men died from the effects of poisonous gases, but others met violent deaths from the blast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Anarchy at Trinidad. Desperate Miners. Trinidad (Colorado). Oct. 18
A state of anarchy prevails throughout the mining regions. Deputies arrested a gang of strikers alleged to have been involved in the attack…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Apology by Gladstone. Message to Rand Mine-owners. Mistake in Official Despatch
Lord Gladstone, the Governor-General of South Africa, has taken an unprecedented step in withdrawing a statement made, by him in an official despatch to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Matters. Work at the Collieries
There has been been little worthy of note in connection with the working of the collieries of the northern district during the past fortnight. Trade generally has been good,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pelaw-main Colliery Fatality. Inquest Adjourned. Juror's Sudden Illness
The adjourned inquest concerning the death of William Richardson, who died in Kurri Hospital on Tuesday last as the result of injuries received in Pelaw-Main Colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Wages Board. Repeated Stoppages. Newcastle
The Miners' Wages Board resumed the hearing at the Courthouse this morning of the Minister's reference of the Stockton-Borehole dispute which has kept that mine idle…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Congestion. Coal Trade at Newcastle. Newcastle
The coal shipping congestion at Carrington Dyke and the inner has been greatly relieved in fact temporarily remedied, as the result of the strenuous efforts made on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Explosion. the Dawson Disaster. [?]Awsox (New Mexico), Oct. 25
The work of rescue at the Stag Canon [?] Company's mine, in which 280 miners were imprisoned, as the result of a terrific explosion, is still proceeding, but progress is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welsh Colliery Strike. London, Monday evening
At the Rhondda collieries 7500 men have struck because 50 are in arrears with their subscriptions to the Miners' Federation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Disasters. New Mexico Explosion
Dawson (New Mexico), Saturday.-The entombed miners are believed to be dead, and all hope of reaching them, has been abandoned, as a fire has broken out in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners' Wages Board. Small Coal. Newcastle
The Minors' Wages Board (Judge Edmunds chairman) and Messrs. N. Clark and E. Peters, proprietors and miners' representatives, respectively, this morning gave its decision…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Coalmines. Hebburn Colliery Accident
A young man named Samuel Waugh, a resident of Kurri, met with a very painful accident while working on the pit top at Hebburn colliery last night. Waugh was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Ashore. Big Coal Cargo
The reported wreck of the well-known cargo steamer Melbourne, while on a voyage from Newcastle (N.S.W) to Cebu, with a cargo of coal, has now been confirmed…
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