Mining Accident in South Africa. Forty-three Natives Killed
A dreadful accident has occurred in the Robinson Deep main in the Transval. While a cage filled with miners was being lowered in one of the deepost shafts…
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Coal-miners' Strike. London, April 25
The Court of Appeal has upheld an appeal by the North Navigation Collieries Company against an injunction issued by Mr. Justice Bucknill, of the King's Bench Division…
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The wining ship Yencsei, which was "hoist with its own petard," belongs to a special class of vessel not possessed by Great Britain. The Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Subsidence in a Coal Mine. Fifty Spanish Miners Killed
The occurrence of a subsidence in a coal mine at Tocina, in Australasia, in the south of Spain was responsible for the entombment and death of fifty miners…
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At the Melbourne Mint the amount of gold received for the month of April totalled 61,517 ounces gross…
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A practice which seems general, and one that should prove acceptable to shareholders, is adopted in connection with the half-yearly reports of Rutherglen and…
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"The curse of mining in Victoria," said Mr. H. R. Re[?]d, speaking at the meeting of the Chiltern Valley Company on Thursday, "has been that directors have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mines at Port Arthur. Japanese at Work. London
A report received at St. Petersburg states that the Japanese naval [?] are still active off Port Arthur. They have been engaged in laying…
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The cruiser Naiva, 3650 tons, has discovered and destroyed a number of Russian mines Which had been deposited in the waters along the coast…
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"Shall we take another survey of our milli as Fred?" "And find the demons on guard as [?]? We might as well go that as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining at Port Arthur. Japanese Attempt Frustrated. London
At Port Arthur early on the morning of the 28th (Thursday) and screened by a string of blazing rafts, the Japanese contrived to lay two…
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To-day, Messrs C. L. Griffith and Co. will offer for sale the Golden Point Gold Mine, notwithstanding the previous notification that it was…
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A report from Wyalong says:—The True Blue Company had another splendid yield from the sulphide are treated at Cockle Crook Works. From 80 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Colliery Disaster. Over Fifty Lives Lost. London, April 29
A terrible colliery disaster occurred yesterday at Tocina, in Andalusia, Spain. A subsidence on a large scale took place, blocking the mine and overwhelming a…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Curse of Mining
"The curse of mining in Victoria," said Mr. H. R. Reid, speaking at the meeting of the Chiltern Valley Company, "has been that directors have declared dividends…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Russian Coal Contracts. Cancelled for the Baltic Fleet. London
The contracts entered into by the Russian War Office for the supply of coal to the Baltic fleet while voyaging to the Far East have been cancelled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. War! Niuchwang Threatened. Details of the Yalu. Russian Generalship Condemned. Coal Contracts Cancelled. Russian Threats to China. Niuchwang Threatened. The Japanese Fleet. Its Movements and Intentions. Landing Troops at Pitsuwo. London
A telegram from Russian sourced at POrt Arthur states that the Japanese fleet is now behind Liaotieshan, at the extreme point of the Liaotung…
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The coal owners of Newcastle are making exceedingly strong protests against the increase in the freight charges on coal. The Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosion in a Mine
A disastrious explosion has occurred at a mine in Lerrin, in the State of Illinois, U.S.A. By some means a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Millions of Gold Hoarded in Europe's War-chests
It is an interesting and little-known fact that of all the great nations of Europe Great Britain is almost the only one that has no treasure-house of gold…
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