Bathhouse Too Cool For Miners
CESSNOCK: Richmond Main collery became idle this morning when the men went home as a protest against the…
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Mining & the mines, 1953
632 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 11 of 32
Mine Accidents
When he was struck by a falling prop at Hebburn No. 2 Colliery on Wednesday, James Crane, 48, miner, of Hebburn,…
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SYDNEY: A member of the Joint Coal Board (Mr. A. E. Warburton) said yesterday that the board hoped to stop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Company to Assist Subsidence Victims Will Replace Or Shift Damaged Homes
Houses damaged by the subsidence at Pelaw Main last Sunday will either be [?]ted to another site or…
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Mr. D'Arcy Rose, M.L.A., has advised the Muswellbrook Municipal Council having received council's letter and reply from the District Mining Engineer in connection with council's request for a…
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A motorist who collided with a coal train at a crossing on the New England Highway, Four Mile Creek, was fined…
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OTTAWA: Belances has learned much about the atom, but it still did not know whether it would be able to…
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CESSNOCK: All mines on the South Maitland coalfields are at work today. It was reported that [?] was idle…
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NEW YORK: Primequanc[?] a drug derived from goal [?]ar five years ago hed [?] proved a cure [?] well as a…
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NEWCASTLE: Mineworker objected to working an afternoon shift because it interfered with their social life, Mr. F. H…
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Frederick J. McHale, 51, of Adam-street, Greta a miner employed at Bloomfield Stone Drive, injufed his back…
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Henry Hooker, 42, a miner, of Colliery Street, Neath, suffered lacerations to his back and shoulders when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at No. 1 COLLIERY Miner Fractures Leg and Ankle
John Michael Thompson, of 67 Ford Street, Muswellbrook, received a fractured right leg and fractured left ankle when he was…
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SINGLETON: A 45-years-old mining union official Warwick Vincent Puxty was [?] Injured in a road…
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CESSNOCK: There is a heavy in production on the South Maitland [?]…
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The fifth Empire Mining and Metallurgical Congress is now being held in Australia and was officially opened…
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Struck by a fall of coal at Pelton colliery yesterday, Robert Sykes, 34, a shiftman, of Edden-street, Bellbird, suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Carnival Branxton Open Day
Branxton Golf Club's "Open and Cup" carnival will be held on Saturday and Sunday. The following is the draw for…
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At the meeting of the Municipal Council on Wednesday night correspondence from the Minister of Mines, through Mr. D'Arcy Rose, M.L.A., was read. The letter was in reference to a council…
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