The Gold Fever
Few who have heard or read of the time when the gold fever raged in Victoria, and infected the rest of the world, realise the amount of wealth it has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mining & the mines, 1913
318 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 16
A Rich Gold Reef
A discovery of gold at Hill End has been the most interesting item of mining intelligence for the past week. In Bathurst district feeling is already running…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Tin Mining at Jingellic
Good reports come to hand from the Inglenoal Tin Mine Syndicate, near Jingellic. The syndicate is an Albury one, and consists of twenty shareholders of £10…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Previous Disaster at Same Mine
This is not the first great disaster at the Universal colliery. On May 21, 1901, an explosion in this mine caused the loss of 81 lives…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mining Horror Grim Catastrophe in a Colliery Explosion and Fire. 418/ Men Entombed. Slight Hopes of Rescue. London
A profound sensation has been created throughout the country by an explosion at the Universal Colliery at Sengheydd, near Cardiff (Wales)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Disaster Without Parallel. Four Hundred Men Two Miles From Safety
Senghenydd is a charming village embosomed in a quiet and peaceful valley in Wales. If the worst fears regarding it are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Colliery Disaster in England. Over 400 Men Entombed. The Mine Catches Fire. London
An explosion occurred at the Universal colliery, Senghenydd, near Cardiff, in Wales, last night. The whole of the machinery at the pit mouth was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Disaster. Several Hundreds Entombed. London, October 10
Senghenydd, the scene of a colliery disaster without parallel, if the worst fears are realised, in the history of Great Britain, is a village embosomed in a quiet…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Feeding on Coal. Dishes You Don't Dare Ear Every Day
Is the coal-collar to be the pantry of the future? Dr. Emll Fischer, a Nobel Prize-winner and professor of chemistry, has succeeded in building…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cablegrams. Welsh Colliery Disaster All Hope Abandoned. a Record Horror. 403 Dead or Missing. Fire Resumes Its Sway. Heaps of Dead Bodies Seen. London
Shortly after midday the hopes of the waiting thousands in the vicinity of the Universal pithead were revived by the news that the rescue parties had got into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Colliery Explosions and Earth Tremors
Since Tuesday, when the explosion occurred in the Universal pit, reports of earth tremors have filtered in from various places…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Welsh Colliery Disaster Men Still Entombed. 434 Miners Must Perish. the Fire As Bad As Ever. London
There has been no change in the position at the Universal Colliery at Senghenydd, in Wales, where a most appaling explosion took place on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. the Burning Mine Welsh Colliery Catastrophe. the Fire Mastered. Narrow Escapes of Rescuers London
The latest news from Senghenydd is that the fire in the west pit of the Universal Colliery has been mastered. The ventilation has improved, thereby…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Machine Guns Play on Strikers. Lawlessness in Colorado Mining Regions. Sheriff's Deputies Attacked. Trinidad (Colorado)
A state of anarchy prevails throughout the anthracite coal mining country. The sheriff's deputies have arrested a gang of strikers who are alleged to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Overcome Danger of Coal Dust
The report of the Royal Commission on Mines is about to be issued. Mr. Markham. M.P., one of the members of the commission, in a speech at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. Welsh Colliery Disaster Rescue Parties Good Work. Entombed Man's Varying Luck. London
Good progress is being made by the exploring parties in the Universal pit at Senghenydd. One side of the fire has been blocked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spurious Gold Case. Case Lasts Twelve Hours. Scott Found Not Guilty
William Scott, who was sentenced to two years' imprisonment at the last Albury Quarter Sessions on charges of having falsely pretended to George Bennett…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor Congress and Judge Heydon. Northern Miners Dissatisfied. Sydney
The Labor Congress at its sitting to-day appointed a deputation to wait on the minister for Justice, to direct his attention to certain strictures made by Judge Heydon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Welsh Colliery Disaster the Grim End in Sight. Many Mutilated Bodies Found. London
The rescue parties at work in the Universal pit at Senghenydd, in Wales, where a shocking explosion occurred last week, have now penetrated to within 30 yards…
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