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Mining & the mines, 1914

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Another Steamer Strikes a Mine. Norway Suffers This Time

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 2

A Norwegian steamer struck a mine in the North Sea and sunk. Eight of her crew were killed…

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Canadian House of Commons. a Deeply Sympathetic House. Nova Scotia Gives 100,000 Tons of Coal. Ottawa

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 6

Before the Dake of Conn[?]ught formally prorogued the Dominion House of Commons, Mr. George Foster, Minister for Trade and Commerce, spoke…

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Mines in North Sea

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 3

The N[?]wegian steamer "Gcotfrid," stack a mine in the North Sea and was [?] an night of the crew being killed…

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Germans Sow Sea with Mines. Two Ships and Three Trawlers Sunk. Twenty-one Men Blown to Pieces. Elovon Sailors Badly Mutilated

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 29 August 1914 · page 5

The Danish ship, Skuliforgeti was blown up by a German mine 30 miles out, from Nowcastle (England). Of six mon in the forecastle of the ship, four were killed and…

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Mine Laying in North Sea

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 2

The Official press [?] states that much of the mine[?]ying in the North Sea has been done by German trawlers…

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Other Items. The British Fleet at Ostend. Miners Said to be Buried. Possible Fate of the Kaipara

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 4

The British fleet arrived at Ostend and offered to land marines. The town councillors declined the offer, but subsequently changed their mind…

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Mine-Laying Trawler Sunk

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 2

News has been received that a british cruiser caught a German trawler, flying the Norwegian flag, laying mines in the North Sea. The cruiser gave the crew…

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North English Miners Horrified. By German Barbarity Towards Charleroi Miners. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 September 1914 · page 3

The statement that the Germans [?] Charleroi destroyed the winding machinery of the mines there, and thus entom[?] many miners, has aroused horror in [?]…

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Miners Entombed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 19

Miners at Frameries, a colliery village near Mons, report that when the German army reached there on Sunday the first thing they did was to close all the mouths…

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Miners Entombed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 45

The statement that the Germans at Charleroi last week destroyed the winding machinery of a mine and entombed miners whom they knew were below at the time…

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Mine-laying Trawler

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 45

A British cruiser caught a German trawler in the act of laying mines in the North Sea. The trawler was flying the Norwegian flag…

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Havoc by Mines

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 18

Further reports of vessels and lives lost through the laying of mines in the North Sea by the Germans hare come to hand, and a vigorous search for these deadly…

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Mines in North Sea

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 23

The British Press Bureau states that much of the mine-laying in the North Sea was done by German trawlers…

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Japanese Activity. A Thousand Mines Lifted

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 2

Japan has occupied seven islands round Kaio-chou, and has lifted a thousand mines…

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Prince of Wales Fund. Totals Two Millions. Miners Levies

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 7

The South Wales miners, representing 200,000 have decied to contribute a weekly levy of sixpence per man, and threepence for boys to the Prince…

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Another Steamer Strikes a Mine. A Swedish Ship Lost

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 2

A Swedish steamer struck a mine in the North Sea, and sank…

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German Trawler Sunk. While Laying Mines in the North Sea. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 7

A British crulser caught a German trawler flying the Norwegian flag, laying mines in the North Sea. They gave the crew three minutes to…

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Molasses for Mines

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 5 September 1914 · page 4

Mr. Launcelot Ussher, of South Africa, has introduced a new dust-laying preparation for use in mines, the base of which is molasses. It is…

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The Menace of Mines. A Passenger Steamer Succumbs

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 2

The steamer Runo, carrying refugees from Hull to Russia, struck a mine in the North Sea, and sank almost immediately. Two hundred passengers were picked up;…

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Incidents of the War. Germany's Mine Laying. Steamer Runo Wrecked. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 8 September 1914 · page 2

The Exchange Telegraph Co. states that the Wilson liner Runo, with 300 refugees from Hull to Russia, Struck a mine 40 miles off Shields, and 80 persons were…

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