Bellbird Mining Disaster
The Minister for Mines will probably make a report of Mr. Hindmarsh, Government Chief Inspector of Mines, regarding the Bellbird…
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Mining & the mines, 1923
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Mining Disaster at Bellbird
A mine explosion occurred at "Bellbird" mine in South Maitland district on Saturday, wherby 21 men lost their lives. It was in the afternoon when the…
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Bellbird Colliery is the property of the Hetton and Bellbird Collieries. Ltd., and the property covers 3060 acres of Crown leasehold with…
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A mass meeting of miners was held in the Strand Theatre, Cessnock, on Sunday night, Mr. Chris. Thompson occupying the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Southern Miners' Sympathy
The South Coast miners held meetings on Monday, and expressed sympathy with the relatives of those who lost their lives in the Bellbird…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →How to Save Coal
In these days of costly coal, the problem of, economising In Its use in of interest to every class of the community and particularly to those…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sympathy of Minister for Mines
When news of the disaster reached him, Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick (Minister for Mines) was deeply pained…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →End of Coal. What Then?
We may heat our houses, run our electric light engine, cook our food, recharge our automobile butteries, anergic our radio sets and operate our…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sealing Up the Mine. Further Explosions
The method adopted to seal up the mine was to excavate trenches about 20 yards back from the pit head, through to the workings, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Miner Killed at Hebburn a Pall of Coal
A single man named George Kennedy. aged 28, a miner, employed at Hebburn, was killed in No. 1 Kirk's] section on Thursday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bellbird Relief Work Miners' Federation Activities. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Officials of the Minors' Federation have issued a statement to the effect that absolute authority had been given to upend any sums necessary to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bellbird Disaster Miners Ask for Royal Commission. to Investigate Working System
A meeting of the executive of the Miners' Federation was held on Friday, when a number of matters were considered. When the meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miner Killed. Hebburn Fatality. a Fall of Coal. Kurri Kurri
George Kennedy, 28, single, and a miner employed at Hebburn was killed in No. 1 Kirk's section this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colliery Disaster. Explosion at Bellbird. Twenty-one Men Suffocated. Pathetic Scenes at Pit's Mouth. Heroic Rescue Parties
An appalling disaster, resulting in the loss of 21 lives, occurred at the Bellbird Colliery, three miles from Cessnock, on Saturday afternoon last. The tragedy, one of the worst in the history of the…
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Preparations for the re-opening of the No. 2 pit at Bellbird are being pushed ahead vigorously, and a score or so of men have been found…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bellbird Disaster. Mine Owners Give £2,500. Compensation for Mrs. Brown
Mr. C. M. McDonald, secretary of the Northern Collieries' Association, stated that the northern and southern proprietors had decided to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Wallsend Colliery. Government Asked to Take Over
"That in view of the closing of the West Wallsend pit the Government be requested to take same over and work it to supply the Railway Department,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snobbishness. Methodist Ministers Declaration. Bravery of the Miners. SYDNEY
Rev. W. Goleman until recently superintendent Methodist minister at Cessnock but now of Lithgow declares that the people State are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colliery Stoppage Duckenfield No.2
According to advice received by the Northern Collicries Association a dispute has crises ab Duckenfield No. 2. From what can be gathered the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lighting in Mines. Trouble at Scrborough
The stoppage at the Scarborough Celliery on the South Coast was agam referred to in the Legislative Assembly when Mr. Davies asked the Minister…
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