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Mining & the mines, 1909

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The Brand of Gain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 8

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

"Something I am proud of, too, no matter, what she may think, though it was only after a struggle that I gave way to the influence of…

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Why Do We Catch Gold?

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 3

According to the senior surgeon of the Royal Ear Hospital it appears that there were two distinct ways of catching colds. The one cold is…

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The Brand of Cain. a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 9. Chapter Xxiii. (Copyright.) Nick Saunders's Proposal

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 5

December had come, the end of the year was in sight, folks already beginning to talk and prepare for Christmas and the New Year…

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A Visit to the Mine

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 4

Ti[?]sit to the big mine disclosed the fact that had the men ever attempted to carry out the threat to rush the mine there would have been terrible bloodshed before…

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Romance in Real Life the Foundling's Mother. and the Gold Digger

Nambucca News · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 7

A young woman without money or home abandoned her child on the high road between Scarborough and Whitby in the hope that some…

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The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 10

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 3

But she must go to work cautiously. Nor was there any occasion for hurry. She had found him now, and could never lose him attain. He…

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Cablegrams. LONDON, Wednesday Mining Disaster in America

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 11

A fearful explosion has occurred at a coal mine in Virginia (U.S.A.) The mine is now on fire. Fifty dead bodies have been recovered, and…

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John Vane, Bushranger. [All Rights Reserved.] Being a true narrative of his career--illustrative of varied phases of country life fifty years ago--in which his experiences as bush boy, gold seeker, cattle stealer and a member of the notorious gang of bushrangers led by Ben Hall, which terrorised the countryside in the early sixties, are faithfully depicted. Chapter Xv. We Capture Three Policemen

Macleay Argus · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 12

SOME days after this, while we were in camp, one of our "telegraphs" rode up and told us that a party of three police had just gone along…

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Sensational Mine Explosion

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

A Chinaman, where motive is unknown, ignited a quantity of gelatine in a village at the Deep Mine, Jons[?]esburg. The explosion killed six coloured labourers, and…

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Forty-six Miners Killed

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

An expi[?]sion caused by fire damp [?]urred in the Auka Colliery at Ve[?]zprem in Hungary. Forty-six out of the 200 miners engaged in the Colliery were killed…

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Kalgoorlie Mines. Sydney

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 21 January 1909 · page 4

The Kalgoorlie mines have produced gold valued at £44,000,000, and the six mines have paid in dividends £12,500,000…

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Murderer's Letter. Let Her Be Mine in Death. If Not in Life

Nambucca News · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 8

Remarkable details of the courtship of Beatrice Fielding and John Fritchley, and of the tragedy which ended their lives on 14th December, were told to the…

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The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 11

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 3

"Then tell me this: Where and when were you and this Roland Beswick married?" "In the East Ealing district of…

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John Vane, Bushranger. [All Rights Reserved.] Being a true narrative of his career--illustrative of varied phases of country life fifty years ago--in which his experiences as bush boy, gold seeker cattle stealer and a member of the notorious gang of bushrangers led by Ben Hall, which terrorised the countryside in the early sixties, are faithfully depicted. Chapter Xvii. Replenishing Stores.--extracting the Bullet.--finding a Human Skeleton in the Scrub

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 8

THE same night O'Meally and Gilbert, and Burke, taking two spare horses with them, as "packs started for the township to get a new fit…

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The Brand of Cain. (copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 12

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 3

Into what a fearful quagmire that one never-to-be-forgotten passionate impulse had landed him! He had home back home, as he had thought,…

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The Brand of Cain. (Copyright) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Tart 13. Chapter Xxxii. the Tragedy of Chance

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 3

It was between eleven and twelve o'clock on New Year's Eve, and the rain was coming down more heavily now, while the [?] was blowing…

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The Brand of Cain. [Copyright.] a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mikes Part 14. Chapter Xxxv. Demanding His Price

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 3

The better part of another day slipped away, and still the master of Milnes Cross Hall was confining himself to the big house and…

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The Brand of Cain. (Copyright.) a Vivid Romance of the English Coal Mines, Part 15

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 3

"Was the woman satisfied that you were not her husband?" "Almost, I believe. But she begged of me to see her again on New…

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Mining Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 11

A terrible accident happened at the Molloy Mine, Cairns. The engine driver named James Long fell down the shaft to a depth of 500 feet. His head…

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Another Outrage at Block 10 Mine. Attempt to Wreck a House

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 7

The frequency of dynamite explosions is beginning to get on the people's nerves. Another explosion started Broken-Hill at 10.30 on Tuesday night…

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