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Illawarra · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1892

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An Explosion at Sea. Through Southern Coal Generating Gas

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 4

Mr. George T. Baggs, the United States Consul at Newcastle (says the Newcastle Herald), has received a report from his consular agent at Norfolk…

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Messrs. A. and J. Brown on the Ern Coal Trust

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 2

Messrs. A. and J. Brown, of Newcastle, in their monthly circular have the following to say of the proposed coal trust:— "Among the many since opened in this…

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The Government Coal Contract

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 19 July 1892 · page 2

No published statement of official notification has yet been made concerning this contract, but it is now generally known (says the Lithgow Mercury) that the tender…

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The Coal Contract. Secured by Helensburgh

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 21 July 1892 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners informed the members for the district on Tuesday that the Metropolitan Coal Company had secured the railway coal contract in which…

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A Word of Warning to Miners. (To the Editor.)

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 26 July 1892 · page 3

SIR,—I hope you will find space in the columns of your paper for tho following brief note. Now that the Railway Commissioners have come and gone, and gone and seeing…

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Trouble at Charters Towers. Alleged Attempt to Blow Up a Mine. Armed Police Dispatched to the Scene

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 5 August 1892 · page 4

Brisbane, Thursday.—The Government have received information to the effect that on Tuesday night an attempt had been made to blow up the machinery of the…

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Mining Accident at Keira

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 6 August 1892 · page 3

On Thursday a miner named Thomas denny, working at Mt. Keira, met with injuries of a very serious character through a fall of coal. While engaged at his work…

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Government Statistician and Miners Wages

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1892 · page 3

Mr Coghlan, in his report of the coalmining industry, prepared in accordance in the Census and Industrial Returns gives the following particulars relative to…

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Government Statistician on the Coal Industry

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1892 · page 4

Under the provisions of the Census and Industrial Returns Act of 1891, Mr. T. A. Coghlan, the Government Statistician, has prepared a report on…

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New South Wales and Its Foreign Coal Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 August 1892 · page 3

In his report on the coal-mining industry Mr. Coghlan, Government Statistician, has the following to say on the foreign trade of the colony:—It is asserted by some of the…

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A Word for the Miners

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 August 1892 · page 2

Mr. Coghlan, Government statistician, in his report on the coal mining industry, says:—"Taking the coal-miners of the colony ns a class they will certainly compare…

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Outrage by Miners in America. a Coalmine Set on Fire

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 August 1892 · page 4

A desperate outrage has been committed by the miners working in Tracy City, Tennessee. About 360 State prisoners were employed in the mines…

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The Helensbugh Colliery

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 3

The following has been furnished us by the miners' secretary for publication :— CHECK-INSPECTORS' REPORT. " We, the undersigned, having made a…

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Corrimal. the Colliery Re-started

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 2

It is our pleasing duty to have to report that the Corrimal mine has again started work. A good many hands have been taken on within the last few…

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Richmond Hill Coal-mining Company

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 2

From the Richmond River Herald we note that operations at the coal-mine-in in that district are being pushed on with vigor by the manager, Mr. F. Robbins, late of…

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The Colliery Explosion Action

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 4

The action againt the proprietor of the South Bulli Colliery for 5000 compensation for the loss of a husband was concluded on Friday in No. 2 Jury…

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The Barrier Miners' Strike. Excitement at Broken-hill

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 13 September 1892 · page 4

Broken-hill, Thursday Noon.—A rumor was freely circulated about town late last night that the strikers had determined to mate a rush on the…

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The Barrier Miners' Strike. One Hundred More Police Sent. the Military to Go Next

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 16 September 1892 · page 4

At a quarter to 12 on Monday it was found that about 100 men were marching and counter-marching on ground in front of Block 10. From the…

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Miners' Strike at Broken Hill. Arrest of the Leaders

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 17 September 1892 · page 3

The great sensation of Thursday was the arrest of seven members of the Broken Hill strike committee, including Messrs. Sleath and Forguson, the leaders of the miners on…

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Accident at South BULLl COLLIERY

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 20 September 1892 · page 2

On Saturday an accident of a very serious chariot or happened in the South Bulli colliery to a miner maned Joseph Buckley. Through a fall of coal from the…

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