Railway Boiler Bursts. Coal Train Wrecked
A serious railway accident occurred at Port Augusta (S.A.) on Saturday afternoon, resulting in an engine, tender, and 26 trucks, valued at £6000, being smashed to peices…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1914
857 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 43
Treasure Trove. Boys Find Bag of Gold. Many Claimants
For the first time in thirty years the St. Helens (England) coroner held an inquest to determine whether a bag containing £150 10s in gold, found by two boys in a hole three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Strike in Yorkshire. 170,000 Men Out. (By Cable.) London
All the Yorkshire coalminers, numbering 170,000, are out on strike. Stacks of coal at the pit heads are sufficient to last for one week only, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Cobar Mine. Less Profits Expected. London, April 5
In a circular issued to the shareholders of the Great Cobar Company, it is stated that Mr. King, recommended that operations should be suspended for three months,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor. a Sydney Gold Mine
Sir,—Just recently there was sold in Sydney a block of land fronting Elizabeth-street, Market-street, and Castlereagh-street, the area of which is 2 roods 17¾ perches,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fall of Coal
A married man named William Scott was admitted to the Maitland Hospital this morning sucering from injuries to his back caused through a fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners and Minister. Big Strike Threatens
A. W. Maitland wire on Saturday, says:—A conference of Maitland and Greta district miners' lodges was held at West Maitland to-day to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter to the Editor. Mines Train Service
Sir,—Hearing that the East Greta C.M. Company has under consideration a proposal to put forward the times of departure of the Cessnock and Stanford-Merthyr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Gold Yield
The gold yield of New South Wales for March showed a comparative decrease in value of £6090…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Muswellbrook Coal Company
The Musewellbrook Coal Co have entered into a 12-months' contract with the British-Australian Oil Co., Murrurundi for a large quantity of their…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Matters. the Minister Interviewed
Messrs: J. M. Baddeley, T. Hadrfield, and E. Aubin, representing the Maitland District Miners interviewed Mr. Estell, the Minister of Labour and Industry, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Dispute. London, April 9
The striking Yorkshire miners desire to return to work, but they believe that the masters are delaying a settlement in the hope of exhausting the funds of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Managing a Mine. Curious Law-suit
Remarkable evidence was given at the Bathurst Mining Warden's Court on Saturday before Mr. A, B, C, Burke, P.M., when John Nicholson, assayer of Calloola,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Matters. Work at This Pits
Owing to the holidays, the complete list of times of days worked at the district collieries was not available on Saturday, but those to hand show that a large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Eleventh Hour. a Romance of the Great Coal Strike. Chapter I. the Tempter
"Do you call yourselves men, to stand there doing nothing while your wives and families are starving? Show the mine-owners that you mean business; hurt their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Sporting News. A.J.C. Races. Gold Brew Captures the Flying. Woorak Scores Again. Lilyveil Secures Sydney Cup. Sydney
There was a very large attendance, and fine weather at Randwick to-day, when the Australian Jockey Club continued its Autumn race meeting. Results follow:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Cable News. Yorkshire Miners. London, April 13
The delegates from the Yorkshire Miners' Association recommend the acceptance of the terms offered by the Councillation Board and a ballot to decide the matter has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Eleventh Hour. a Romance of the Great Coal Strike. Chapter-ii an Unseen Witness
"I—I thought you were dead!" exclaimed Somers, staring at the woman as if she had been a ghost. "No doubt the wish was father to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the Eleventh Hour. a Romance of the Great Coal Strike. Chapter Iii. Victim of the Strike
When Nell went to work the next morning at the cotton factory where she was employed a large crowd of girls and women were standing outside the closed doors reading a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Cobar Mine. Closed Down
The Great Cobar mine has been closed down owing to the poorness of the ore reaching the Australian limit, and the owners being unable to make the…
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