Report on Mine Safety SYDNEY
The report of the Royal Commission on safety and health in mines is expected to be made available next…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
1,122 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 26 of 57
Coal Exports Newcastle's Trade For Week NEWCASTLE
During the week overseas and interstate coal exports from Newcastle totalled. 68,462 tons, compared with', 66.462 tons for the previous week…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Royal Commission on Mine Safety Compulsory Use of Safety Lamps Expected
It is understood that the report of the Royal Commission on health and safety in coal mines recommends the introduction of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Safety and Health in Mines Prohibition of Naked Lights is Likely SYDNEY
The report of the Royal Commission on health and safety in coal mines is understood to recommend the abolition of the practice of using naked lights in mines, and the introduction of safety lamps in all collieries. If safety lamps are made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hope Abandoned in Mine Disaster Not Known When Bodies Will Be Recovered. Broken Hill
Rescue operations at the South mine, where five men were buried in a fall of earth, have continued without interruption since Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rescuers Face Death at Broken Hill Mine Tragedy "Earth Runs Like Water" Entombed Men Sydney
A message from Broken Hill states that although they hold out no hope of rescuing their entombed mates alive, miners in the South Mine are still searching for the four missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heat in Mine Aberdare Central Idle CESSNOCK
When Aberdare Central miners went to work this morning they were low that the temperature in the east dips section had risen to 103 degrees…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Mix-Up In Mine Broken Hill
Dr. A. E. Panting, who brought the body of one of the victims of the tragedy in the South mine to the surface…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Impossible Happens. Still Work for Unemployed Miners
Since the long lock-out it has been freely stated on the coal-fields that only cavilled out miners have the remotest chance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill Mine Tragedy. Doctor's Experience. Broken Hill
Dr. A. E. Painting, who brought the body of one of the victims of the tragedy in the South Mine to the surface late last night, said in all his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Fatality Five Men Trapped Only One Rescued Broken Hill
Five men were trapped in South Mine yesterday afternoon by a fall of a great quantity of earth. After hours of desperate work one man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Safety in Mines Report Mr. Hoare Declines To Comment NEWCASTLE
At the luncheon adjournment to-day of the Northern Miners' Committee of Management, the president, Mr. T. Hoare, was asked his opinion…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Nugget Gulgong's 22 Tons of Gold Famous Happy Halley
In the days of active prospecting, many nuggets were unearthed and many spectacular finds made. The Welome Stranger was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hope for V.P. H'DCP. Is In-Great Heart. Gold Pan Must Be Hard to Beat
The Heroic gelding, Hope, which has been started in splint races of late, will be better suited by the distance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Laracy's Pot of Gold (All Rights Reserved.) Chapter Vii. (Continued.) Adam Must Leave the Garden of Eden
Throughout the long night Laracy lay and pondered his problem. Ought he to go away, now, when his friends might need him as they had never…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Zealand May Import Coal Miners Sydney
A message from Wellington states that the Coal Mines Owners' Association, and the Minister for Mines, are seriously considering the importation…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured in Mine
When at work in Stockrington colliery, James Murnane, 18, of Minmi, received a lacerated wound to the scalp. He was jammed between the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hurt by Coal Fall Cessnock
William Whitton, 61, miner, was struck by a fall of coal while working at Stanford Main No. 2 colliery. He was admitted to Ccssnock Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand Mines Question of Importing Men. Sydney
It is reported that the New Zealand Coal Mines Owners' Association and the Minister for Mines are seriously considering the importation of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Safety in Coal Mines
The recommendation of the Royal Commission on safety in coal mines that smoking and the carrying of matches should be prohibited in all…
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