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Mining & the mines, 1904

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Twenty Russians Drowned. Mine Transport Blown Up. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 2

The Russian mine transport Amur, while engaged laying mines in the roadstead off Port Arthury struck a mine and sank…

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Japanese Destroyed Mines

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 16 May 1904 · page 2

The third Japanese squadron, under. Admiral Kataokao, which includes the cruiser Nisshin which was purchased from the Argentine Republic, after…

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For Home and Household. Useful Jottings to Interest and to Instruct. Baby of Mine

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 1

When weary and worn with the struggle is seeking life's coveted prize. When clouds of despair hover round me, and shut out the blue of the skies :…

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Mine Explosion. Heavy Casualties. London, May 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 27

A terrible explosion of powder has occurred in a mine at Lerrin, in the state of Illinois. Six miners were killed and 80 injured…

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A Gold Mine Waiting for Some Body

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 1

The most crying need of to-day is a substitute for Para rubber. It is certain to be discovered sooner or later. Celluloid and, oxidised linseed oil are useful for some…

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Removing Mines in Kerr Bay

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 2

The Japanese are still engaged in removing the contact mines in Kerr Buy, in order to safeguard the navigation…

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Our Melbourne Letter. End of the Coal Strike

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 3

Outside the Trades Hall everyone is pleased that the Gipsland coal strike is at an end. You would hardly credit the difference the continuance of…

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Laying Down Mines Hundreds Floating About. Russians Use Chinese Junes. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 2

It is declared that the Russians are using Chinese junks for the purpose of placing contact mines in the path of the Japanese squadron, which is…

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CABLEGRAMS. War. RUSSO-JAPAN Terrible Japanese Disasters. Two Warships Sunk. Hatsuse, 15,200 tons. Yoshine, 4,150 tons. One thousand Men Drowned. Hatsuse, 15,200 tons. Yoshine 4,150 tons. One Thousand Men Drowned. Hatsuse Blown Up by a Mine. Yoshino Sunk During a Collision. Four Hundred Men Drowned. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 2

The Japanese Consulate here has received a cable message from Vice Admiral Togo, which states that when the Third Japanese Squadron was…

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Drifting Submarine Mines. a Danger to Navigation. Protests From England and America. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 May 1904 · page 2

The contact and mechanical mines laid down around Port Arthur both by the Russians and Japanese are becoming detached from their moorings…

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Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Mine Manager Suicides

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 May 1904 · page 3

Mr Pieree, manager of the Mount Diver Gold Mine, shot himself dead in the Post Office chambers this afternoon. So far no reason is…

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Russian Mines & Foreign Shipping. a British Admirals Views. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 May 1904 · page 2

With regard of the right of Russia to [?] mines brea[?] in the Gulf of Peehill, to the danger of the shipping of the whale worst. Admiral…

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Submarine Mines. America Takes Action. Belligerents to Be Warned. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 May 1904 · page 2

The leading newspapers of both Great Britain and America are emphatic in denouncing the reckless sowing of the ocean highways with dangerous float…

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Cablegrams. War! Russia and Japan Ice On Lake Baikal. Superior Australian Horseflesh. Submarine Mines. Russia's Retreat Preparations Cossacks Defeated. Twenty Killed; Remainder Flee. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 May 1904 · page 2

General Kuroki reports that a section of the Japanese infantry has encountered a force of two hundred Cossacks eight miles to the south-east of…

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A Great Mine Explosion. Fifty Miners Entombed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 3

A terrible mine explosion has occurred at Williamstown in the State of Pennsylvania United States of America. Fifty miners were entombed by the…

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Russian Mine-laying. Drifting Mines. London, May 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 26

The correspondent of the Chicago Daily News who is cruising about in the steamer Fawan, has been informed by Japanese officers that two torpedo-boat destroyers…

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A Mine Model

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 1

The new School of Mines at the Birmingham (England) University is to have a novel piece of scientific apparatus in the shape of a model mine at Bournbrook, about ten feet…

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The Hatsuse Mine Adrift

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

The London "Telegraph," says that the Russian Admiralty declare that the submarine mine which caused the destruction recently of the first-class…

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A New Diamond Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

A new diamond [?] has been discovered in the [?] district in South-Africa. This mine will be immessely profitable as long as it can…

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Russian Mines Hampers Japan

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

Owing to the intrieate nature of the mines laid by the Russians in and around the port of Dalany on the Liaotung Peninsula, before withdrawing…

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