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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1857

4 stories in Illawarra's papers

Official Justice on the Gold Fields. (To tho Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 20 April 1857 · page 2

I deem it a duty that devolves on me, as an advocate of truth, to publicly represent a piece of the greatest injustice that over transpired in this district. The circumstances are as follow:—Sergeant Hazlett, our gold…

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English Extracts. Fearful Colliery Explosion Near Barnsley

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 1 June 1857 · page 1

The Lund Hill Colliery is situate in, the neighbourhood of Barnsley, about a mile from the Wombwell Station of the South Yorkshire Railway. The pit, which is about 220 yards deep, is worked…

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English Extracts. the Lundhill Colliery Explosion

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 15 June 1857 · page 1

One of the most painful incidents connected with this melancholy accident occured at the offices of the Lundhill Company on Wednesday evening, March 18. It having been made, known that the…

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Local. Opening of the Bellambi Coal Mink

Illawarra Mercury · Monday 16 November 1857 · page 2

On Wednesday last, at the invitation of Thomas Hale, Esq., of Woonona, we visited Bellambi Harbor for the purpose of witnessing the delivery of the first load of coal from the Bellambi Mine, and the laying down of the…

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