Gowns Covered with Gold
Famous actresses and the wives of millionaires spend far more on their clothes than do queens and princesses. One of the most expensive dresses of modern times…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Mining & the mines, 1914
383 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 20
Northumberland Miners Demand Rent Allowance
By a majority of two to one, the Northumberland miners have decided to ask for a rent allowance of 3/ per week to miners who are not living in houses owned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Senghenydd Colliery Disaster. Bare Electric Wires in Pit. London
The Home Office inquiry into the appulling Universal colliery disaster at Scnghenydd, in which over 100 lives were lost, now in progress…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Perils Encountered by the Shot-firer in Coal Pit
One man has been overlooked by those who praise pluck—the shot-firer If he does not risk his life daily—nay, hourly— nobody does…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intense Gold. Artist Frozen to Death. Paris, December 31
Pelzynnski, a well-known painter of the new Futurist school, has been found frozen to death in his studio in the city. Not being able to sell his pictures, he…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →“Firedamp Whistle.” a Boon to Miners
The German Emperor, when inaugurating the new Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Experimental Therapy at Dahlem, was shown an ingenious device for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Stealer Punished. Castlemaine
At the Castleinaine Police Court, to-day, John McAuliffe pleaded gullty to having been in possession of 15oz . Idwt. of gold, belloved to have been stolen from Rose of Denmark…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian State COAl Mine. Olippers Go on Strike. Wonthaggi
Trouble at the State coal mine has arison carly this your. Another atrike took place this morning, throwing the whole of the minors, [?] and others out of work, The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Mine Explosion. Twelve Live Lost. Birmingham (Alabama)
An explosion, duo to gas originating from coal dust, resulted in the entombment of 12 men employed by the Davis Creek Coal Company…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Rand Mines Working
As the ballet in Heated, the miners are not unanimous on the question of striking. Every mine on the West Rand was working is usual to lav…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gold Ship Guest
An expedition has been fitted out in San Francisco to recover the cargo of gold in the ship General Grant, which was wrecked off the Auckland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welsh Colliery Disaster. Nobody to Blame. London
The inquiry into the Senghenydd colliery disaster was concluded yesterday. Under the new Mining Act the investigation was held by the Chief Inspector of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Cargo Ablaze. Crew Takes to Boats. Vancouver, January 9
The German barque Eilbeck has arrived at Astoria, on the coast of Washington State, with the captain and crew of the British collier Battle Abbey, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →South African Turmoil. Martial Law Continues Rand Mines Working. Johannesburg
It is understand that there will be no relaxation of marital law in the districts affected by the proclamation, nor any alteration of the military dispositions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South African Crisis. Strikers Returning in Large Numbers. General Strike Abandoned. Natal Miners at Work. Capetown
Large numbers of striker's are returning throughout the country, especially at Braamfontein and Bloemfontein. At Durban, while the main body of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. South African Strike. Men Dribbling Back. Mines Position Improves. Johannesburg, Mon. Midnight
Two hundred railway men signed on at Germiston to-day for duty, and a large number of strikers resumed at Braamfontein, where a meeting of the men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lodges and Doctors. Miners' Lodges Effect Settlement
A deputation from the miners' lodges of Newcastle district waited upon Mr. Hohnian on Monday and placed before him their views in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South African Strike. Miners' Leader Interviewtd. "Can Be No Going Back Till Martial Law Removed." Johannesburg, Tues. Night
Mr. Tom Mathews, the general secretary of the South African Mine Workers' Union (of which the Transvaal Miners' Association is the main unit) has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Cobar Mines
Mr. G. H. Blakemore, who for nearly eight years was manager of Great Cobar Ltd., declares that the board of directors is as much to blame for the debacle as any…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Getting the Coal
There is a vast amount of ignorance in connection with the production of coal and the miner's life generally. Thus, it is not at all unusual to see drawings of great…
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