Miners' Phthisis. Capetown
There is a. prospect of friction over the bill granting compensation to miners suf-fering from miners' phthisis. In its ori-ginal form the bill passed its second…
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Two Miners Drowned. Auckland
A fall of sludge occurred in the Round Hill mine at Southland this morning, which pinned two miners in a hole. The water rose quickly round the unfortunate men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in a Colliery Thrilling Escapes. London
What might have proved a terrible mining catastrophe was very narrowly averted yesterday. An electric cable in the Pinkton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Miners Blown to Pieces Three Other Men Badly Injured. Bendigo
A terrible blasting accident occurred at the Victoria Proprietary mine, Diamond Hill, at 8.30 this morning. Two men were killed and three others were badly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enouch Gold to Sink a Ship
The expression “enough gold to sink a ship.” is often used: By many people few of whom have any conception as to what such, a quantity represents. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Chinaman's Gold. Melbourne
Gee Kow, a market gardener, appeared before Mr. Cresswell, P.M.. at the City Court to-day, charged with having on March 27, at Bentleigh, stolen a coat. a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners Phthisis in South Africa. Capetown
The bill granting compensation for miners' phthisis which caused trouble in the South African Assembly has been withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Los Angeles Outrage Miners' Federation Finance Defence. Denver City
The Western Federation of Miners ia ready to levy as assessment at the rate of five dollars per member to provide for the defence of John M'Namara, secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News From America Mining Catastrophe Eik Garden (West Virginia), Tues
A shocking disaster has occurred in one of the collieries in this neighborhood. Twenty-five miners were killed through an explosion in the workings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Africa Miners' Compensation Bill. Capetown
The bill introduced by Mr. J. C. Smuts, Minister for the Interior, granting compensation for sufferers from miners' phthisis has passed its third reading in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In a Welsh Coal Mine
At four o'clock in the morning John Jones, collier, jumps out of the blankets, dresses, and comes downstar's. His wife, up half an hour before him, has a bright…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rich Gold Discovery. Great Canadian Mine. Toronto, April 22
Rich gold has boon struck, in the Ophir mine, at Kenora, in the province of Ontario. Exports who have examined the mine declare that it will probably prove to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cambrian Coal Difficulty
The Miners Federation of Great Britain has decided to ask the Cambrian combine to arbitrate regarding the Ely pit dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Mishap. Fire in the Shaft. London, April 19
A serious disaster has been narrowly averted at the Pinkton colliery. Through the fusing of an electric cable, some woodwork at the bottom of the shaft became…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Disastrous Mine Explosion. Now York, April 24
News from Elk Garden in West Virginia, gives an account of a disastrous explosion in a mine. Twenty-three miners who were below were buried by the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Gold Medal Port. of the Famous Grodna Wines
The export wine judges at the Royal Show, the first authorities and connoisseurs in the Commonwealth, pronounced the pure Australian port…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Scientific Notes. 270,000,000 Tons of Coal
Some 270.000,000 tons of coal) were raised from the pits of Great Britain during [?]—sufficient in bulk to build a wall around the United…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Diamonds at Rutherglen Four Stones Found in Great Southern Mine
Four diamonds, estimated to be worth about £12. were recently found in the sluice boxes at the Great Southern mine. Rutherglen. The stones were cut and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Coal Troubles Coal Piasters' Combine Threatened. Newcastle
The Pacific, Rhondda, Northumberland, and Northern Extended collieries were again idle to-day. It is likely that the mines will remain, closed for some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Welsh Coal Trouble Owners Reject Miners' Proposal. London
The coal mine owners' of South Wales have declined to agree to the proposal of the Miners' Federation that the Cambrian dispute should be referred to arbitration…
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