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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1913

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Spurious- Gold Case

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 2

William Scott, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment at the last Albury Quarter Sessons on charges of having falsely pretended to George…

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A Parcel of Copper "Gold."

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 19

William Scott, who at the last Quarter Sessions, before Judge Rogers, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment on charges of having falsely pretended to…

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Cable News. Colliery Disaster. Hundreds Still Entombed. All Hope Abandoned. London, October 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 42

Rescue work at the Universal Colliery, Senghenydd (Wales), where hundreds of men are entombed as the result of an explosion on Tuesday morning, has been…

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Cablegrams. Welsh Colliery Explosion. Exploring Party's Narrow Escape. Rescue Operations Suspended. London. 'Thursday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 October 1913 · page 2

An exploring party, consisting of 20 leading mining officials, had a narrow escape from being exterminated yesterday while in the Universal colliery at…

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American Colliery Horror. 250 Men Entombed. Tunnels Filled with Gas. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 5

Strenuous efforts are being made to rescue the miners who were entombed as the result of the explosion at the Stag Canon Fuel Company's mine at Dawson…

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Welsh Colliery Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 2

The relief fund for the relatives of the victims of the awful explosion and fire in the Universal pit at Songheuydd, in Wales, several days back, has now reached a…

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Michigan Strike Riots. 200 Miners Arrested. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 2

Father serious trouble has occurred at Calumet, in Michigan, where 15,000 copper miners are on strike. This dispute has been accompanied by a continuous series…

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The American Mining Disaster. Explosion Like Molcanic Eruption. Fatal Rescue Work. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 2

All hope of rescuing alive the 200 miners who were out embed in the Slag Canon Fuel Company's mine at Dawson (New Mexico) has been abandoned…

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Submarine Mines. Exploded by Wireless Current a New Horror in Warfare. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 28 October 1913 · page 2

A wireless system of exploding mines at sea, similar in principle to the X-ray system of Signor Nelvis, has been satisfactory tested in Solent…

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World's Biggest Diamond Mine

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 29 October 1913 · page 4

Twenty-five miles east of Pretoria is what is known as the Premier Diamond Mine, the biggest in the world, where 15,000 Kaffirs may…

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To Prevent Mine Explosions. Berlin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 October 1913 · page 2

Acting on the suggestion of the Kaiser, Professor Haber has been conducting an investigation into mine explosions. He has invented a whistle, which is…

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Rescuers Overcome. Out of Mine. London, October 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 43

The danger attending the exploration of the Universal colliery workings at Senghenydd, was exemplified in a tragic manner yesterday…

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Disaster in America. 275-Miners Entombed. Denver (Colorado), October 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 42

A terrific explosion has wrecked the Stag Canon Fuel Company's mine at Dawson (New Mexico). Of the 280 miners below at the time…

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Strikers Use Machine Guns. Miners Hold Up Train. Trinidad (Colorado), 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 October 1913 · page 43

Strike disturbances throughout the mining districts have developed to such an extent that the conditions resemble those of actual warfare…

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Mangled in Machinery. Fatality at State Coal Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 November 1913 · page 3

Another shocking fatality, resulting in the death of a single man named Herbert Patten, age 32 years, chief electrician at the Victorian State coal mine, occurred on…

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Unemployed Coal Miners Proposed Measures for Relief. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 2

The delegation of the South Wales Miners' Federation at Cardiff have levied 11d per member for the relief of the unemployed at Senghenydd, and have also…

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General Cable News. Indian Miners' Strike. Durban

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 2

The strike of Indian miners in Natal against the £3 tax still continues. The men, to the number of 16,000, marched towards the Transvaal border, but 200 of…

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Wrecked Battleship Jena. Coal and Guns Found. Paris

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 2

A profitable find was made on Friday by a Genoese firm, which secured the contract to demolish the remains of the French battleship Jona. The Jona blow up in…

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Welsh Colliery Disaster

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 November 1913 · page 2

Rescue parties in the Universal Colliery at Sengheuydd, the scene of the awful explosion last month, recovered 44 bodies on Wednesday…

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Welsh Colliery Disaster Twenty More Bodies Found. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 2

Twenty additional bodies were recovered yesterday from the Universal colliery at Senghenydd. There were indications that six of the…

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