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Illawarra · Mining & the mines
18 stories in Illawarra's papers
A case involving the question as to weather the owner of a colliery is responsible for his manager's negligence was argued lately before the court of Queen's Bench, the particulars of which are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON the morning of November 20, an explosion occurred at the Rawmarsh colliery, near Rotherham, by which twenty-three lives were lost and four persons injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN California, or rather in its sister state, Nevad[?], there has boon discovered a mass of gold and silver, a region of actual real wealth, before which the wildest stories…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On January 5 another shocking disaster took place at one of the collieries in Sheffield, The pit at which the explosion occurred is the Aldwarke Main Colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Chairman, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Miners' Protection Society, with Messrs upon Mr Lucas, the Minister for Mines, yesterday morning, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following letter, and appended statistics of the hsuluge of cool by railway in England, appears in the last issue of the Town and Country Juornal, from Mr James Manning, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We take from a lengthened report in the 'Chronicle,' respecting to Miners' Demonstration at Newcastle, on Saturday, the 8th inst., the following remarks made by Mr Davis, Chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The vast importance of the Carbonifercus deposits of New South Wales is attracting so much attention not merely in Australia, but also in the mother country, that every step taken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In one of the late numbers of the Nautical Magazine appeared an interesting article entitled, "Our Colonies." It is one of a series published in that magazine, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Some kind friend sent me a copy of your paper, dated May 25th, containing a letter with the above heading, and signed "Julia Jackson," which only fell into my hands on June 10. I can…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible explosion occurred on April 30, at the Bunker's Hill Colliery, North Staffordshire, belonging to Messrs. Williams, Rigby, and Co., and it is feared that between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A tragedy occurred at Brandon Colliery, on Monday afternoon, which has caused the utmost sensation throughout the thickly populated district which lies between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE explosion at the colliery of the Mirfield Coal Company, at Dewsbury, resulted in the death of four men, who must have been killed instantaneously. Apparently,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Western Examiner reports that an accident occurred on the 8th instant, in the winze of the Golden Point mine, at Lucknow, the particulars of which are horrible…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Western Examiner reports that on accident occurred on the 8th instant, in the winze of the Golden. Point mine, at Lucknow, the particulars of which are horrible…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible accident occurred in the Shropshire coalfield, on September11, by which eleven lives have been lost. At six in the morning the pit's company assembled on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible accident occurred in the Shropshire onalfield on September 11, by which eleven lives have been lost. At six in the morning the pit's company assembled on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE have acknowledge the courtesy of the Minister for Minces, the Hon. John Lucas, in forwarding to our office a copy of a valuable and important compilation which has been…
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