Neath Miners Lodge Nominations
The following nominations were received for official positions in Neath No. 1 Miners' Lodge. President-treasurer, Mr. W. Purcell…
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Mining & the mines, 1939
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Dutch Liner Strikes Two Mines in North Sea Great Loss of Life
It is feared that 140 persons perished when the Dutch liner Simon Bolivar (7906 tons) sank after striking two mines in the North Sea on Saturday night. There were 400 people'on board, including 230 passengers and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vessels Sunk by Mines Five at the Week End. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) LONDON, Sunday Night
Another vessel, the Tarica Filicia, has also been mined, making five for the week-end, off the East Coast. All the crew of the Tarica Filica escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Perish When Dutch Liner Sinks Struck Two Mines in North Sea 260 Saved: But 140 Feared Bead LONDON, Nov. 19
When the Dutch liner Simon Bolivar, 7906 tons, sank after striking two mines in the North Sea, 140 persons are thought to have lost their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Idle Collieries at Cessnock CESSNOCK
Two collieries are idle on the Cessnock field to-day. They are Elrington and Abermain No. 2. Both were idle yesterday…
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There were only two collieries idle in the Cessnock district to-day. At Elrington there has been…
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Work at the majority of the northern collieries was interrupted to a considerable degree during the fortnight owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Women's Auxiliary. Success of Fashion Display
Everybody is still talking about the success of the fashion display held recently by the Women's Auxiliary of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Summary of War News "Undoubtedly German Mine."
Official circles in London consider that the Simon Bolivar undoubtedly struck a German mine. The company to which the vessel belonged states…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Warfare Concern in Denmark Ships Warned London, Nov. 20
Denmark has anxiously received the news of the week-end sinkings and ruthless mine warfare, declares the "Times" correspondent in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fall of Coal Miner Injured at Bellbird CESSNOCK
When he was struck by a piece of falling coal at work to-day, Alexander Lang; 50, of Alexander-street, Cessnock, a miner, employed at Bellbird…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Toll of Mines Flagrant Breach Of War Rules LONDON, Nov. 20
Several more British ships have been sunk in the North Sea by mines, In almost every case with loss of life. When the trawler…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Mines Sown Wantonly in Channel Eight Merchantmen Sunk Frightfulness Campaign Takes New Turn LONDON. November 20
German mines, which have been wantonly-sown in the English Channel, took additional toll of shipping during the week-end, no fewer than eight ships being sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemy Planes Over England; Further Shipping Losses German Mines Take Toll of Ships. Vessel Torpedoed Off Irish Coast. LONDON
GERMAN mines continue to take toll on shipping in the North Sea. Sixteen members of the crew of the trawler Wigmore lost their lives, and four are missing from the collier Torchbearer, and two men were killed in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Liner Sinks in North Sea Struck Mines Which British Say Germans Laid 140 People Feared Dead; 260 Saved London, November 19
It is feared that 140 persons perished when the Dutch liner Simon Bolivar (7906 tons) sank after striking two mines in the North Sea last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To-day's News German Planes Visit Many Centres No Bombs Dropped Reduced Activity on Western Front Mines Take Further Toll of Shipping London
The Admiralty announces that German aircraft made an unsuccessful attempt to bomb a destroyer in the North Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Victims Five Still Missing LONDON, November 21
The Admiralty announced to-day that when the mine-sweeping trawler, the Mastiff, went down, the casualties were one dead and five missing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Engineers Position Still Unsettled Overtime Work Newcastle
A resumption by colliery members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union of the strike which they called off two Saturdays ago…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Crack Japanese Liner Sunk By Mine Off England Latest Victim of Nazi Outrages Three Injured London, November 21
As the Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, was announcing Britain's reply to Germany's illegal warfare news reached London of the sinking of the crack Japanese liner, the Terekuni Maru, of 14,881 tons, which is the latest neutral victim of Nazi…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Britain Plans Reprisals for Mine Outrages. Will Seize All Exports From Germany "Elementary Dictates of Humanity Disregarded" LONDON, November 21
The Prime Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, in his statement in the House of Commons, in which hs said the Government proposed reprisals for the indiscriminate laying of mines, by making exports of German origin and…
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