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Hunter Valley · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1923

1,441 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 56 of 73

Runaway Trucks. Coal Train Sensation

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 2 October 1923 · page 7

An exciting incident, in the Shape of a break-away of coal-laden trucks on the railway line, occurred on Friday night. A train of trucks…

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Coal Control. Debate Tn State House. West Wallsend Mine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 7

The question of the closing of the West Wallsend mine, which had thrown 450 men out of employment, was raised by Mr. Baddeley, in the…

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Muswellbrook Letter Extension of Coal Mining Muswellbrook

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 7

Residents of Muswellbrook, having in mind the rapid and remarkable progress of cessnock have for sorne time past been looking forward…

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Hebburn Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 7

Messrs. E. Aubin and W. Wardle have been nominated for the council of the workers Industrial Union of Australia…

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Matches in Mine- Prosecutions Likely Kurri Kurri

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 5

As the clippers were leaving [?] Main Colliery yesterday afternoon matches were found in the possession of a number of them…

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Search" for coal. in the Durbo District

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 3 October 1923 · page 7

AT the Warden's Court Dubbo Roberts Suteliffe applied for two areas of 130 and 31 acres respectively for the purpose of searching for coal. The…

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Pelaw-main Colliery Visit of Abbitrator. Miners Object to Turbine

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 2

When Mr. Justice Edmunds visited Pelaw Main Colliery yesterday, accompanied by Mr. J. M. Baddeley, M.L.A., Messrs. D. H. Jonas and…

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An Emphatic 'No' Proposed State Coal Mine at Muswellbrook

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 1

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday Mr, O'Hearn (Maitland) asked the Minister for Mines if he would consider the advisability of…

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LOCAL & General News Bellbird Colliery

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 4

There are three shifts engaged on development work in Bellbird Colliery, but only two shifts on general work. About 450 men have been…

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Municipal Council Fortnightly Meeting. Coal Mining Under the Street. Council Objects

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 1

The portnightly meeting of the Muswellbrook Municipal Council was held on Wednesday evening, when there were present: Aldermen W. V…

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The Coal Trade

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 3

The whole of the time of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday night was occupied in debating a motion moved by Mr. Baddeley, one of the Labor…

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Entombed Miners Facing Death. London. Oct. 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 5

Four more men have been rescued from the coal mine at Redding. The survivors said they tried to judge of the passage of time by the…

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"Magnificent." Bellbird Rescuers. Mining Expert's High Praise

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 5

"I want to say publicly that these men were magnificent. If they had been trained for twelve months they could not have…

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Latest Cables. the Nedding Mining Disaster Remarkable Rescues

The Scone Advocate · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 2

The Australian Press Association in London states that a crowd collected at the pithead of the Nedding Colliery when mention of the…

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Rescue Stations. Value in Mining Disasters. Questions Raised at Bellbird Inquiry

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 8

The question whether any advantage would be likely, to be gained in the event of a mining disaster if a central station were established in…

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Muswellbrook. Extension of Coal Mining

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 7

Residents of Muswellbrook, having in mind the rapid and remarkable progress of Cessnock, have for some time past been looking forward…

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Colliery Accidents

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 6

Joseph Younger, a miner, a miner, living in Greta-street, Cessnock, was injured while working in Aberdare Central colliery. He was struck in…

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Coal Control. Debate in State House. West Wallsend Mine

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 3

The question of the closing of the West Wallsend mine, which had thrown 450 men out of employment, was raised by Mr. Baddeley, in the…

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Hebburn Miners

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 6

Messrs. E. Aubin and W. Wardle have been nominated for the council of the Workers Industrial Union of Australia…

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Conference of Miners

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 6 October 1923 · page 4

A meeting of the miners' lodge representatives of the northern district will be held on Wednesday, when the closing down of West…

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