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Mining & the mines, 1914

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The Austrian Fleet. Reported Losses by Attacks and Mines

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 2

It is asserted at Trieste that the Allied fleet sank three Austrian torpedo boats in the Adriatic, in the middle of September…

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Austrian Torpedo Boats and Destroyers Sunk. By Austrian Mines in Adriatic

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 2

Messages published in the newspaper "Messagers" in Rome on Thursday report that four Austrian torpedo boats and two destroyers were sunk by Austrian…

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Steamers Strike Mines

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 6

A Norwegian steamer has been inined in the North sea. A Rumanian ship and an Italian stammer been sunk by mines in…

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The Shelling of Papeete. French Destroy 40,000 Tons of Coal, San Francisco

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 October 1914 · page 2

A passenger by the liner Moama states that the French unarmed cruiser Zelco, which was sunk at Paperto (chief town of Tahill, a French possession in the Pacific),…

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Latest War Cables. Austrian Destroyer Strikes Mine. "War with England Only Beginning." 20,000 Germans Repulsed. SYDNEY, Monday, 4 p.m

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 October 1914 · page 2

German aviators flew over Paris and dropped twenty bombs into different quartern of the city. Three people were killed and fourteen…

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Miners Given Railway Work. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 3

Of a number of single men who were thrown but of work at Broken Hill through the closing of the mines and were [?] brought round to the North coast…

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Saving Coal London Gaslight Reduced. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 6

With a view to saving coal the London shopkeepers have been asked to reduce their gas consumption. Refusals to do involve a penalty of £5…

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Big Gold Hoards. War Chests of Fighting Nations

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 5

The world's best-known war chest is that which Germany has maintained in the Julius Tower at Spandau for over forty years. Although officially dubbed a "Kriegschatz"…

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Mines Cost German Lives. Refugees May Be Pursued. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 16 October 1914 · page 6

The Rotterdam correspondent of the Times declares that Belgian mines round the outer and inner forts of Antwerp cost the Germans thousands of lives;…

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Germans Spiteful VENGeance. Destroying French Coal Mines. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 2

The "Daily Telegraph" war correspondent reports that the Germans are creating have in the coal mines in the territory of France which they occupy,…

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“Hearts of Gold.”

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 October 1914 · page 2

The French regard the Britishers with gratitude for coming to their assistance. They declare the British have “hearts of gold.”…

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Russia Mines Gulfs of Finland and Riga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 October 1914 · page 2

It is officially announced at petrograd that owing to the presence of German submarines at the entrance of the Gulf of Finland and along the Russian shores,…

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Turkey Receives Gold and Guns From Germany

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 20 October 1914 · page 2

The correspondent of "The Times" at Athens states that Germany recently sent Turkey £1,000,000 in gold, and that consignments of heavy guns continue to be…

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Mine-Layer Disguised as Hospital

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 2

To Central News Agency States that two destroyers and a larger warship have captured a mine-layer, which was disguised as a hospital ship. The official Press Bureau…

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£600,000 in Gold on a Train

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 October 1914 · page 4

Probably the most valuable freight ever conveyed by a single train has been carried on the Lehigh Valley Railway from Denver, Baltimore, and…

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Naval Warfare American Liner Strikes Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 2

The American liner, Potsdam struck a mine in the North Sea on Monday night, and arrived in England in a crippled condition…

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German Treachery "Mine to Annihilate the British Army." German Spy Before the Court. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 October 1914 · page 2

A German named Carl Finek, who was before the court under the Official Secrets Act, has been remanded. A detective gave evidence that he heard…

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Coal Mines Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 19

The Germans, states the "Daily Telegraph," are creating havoc in the coal mines of Northern France, evidently wreaking their vengeance before…

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Mine-layer Captured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 23

The Central News Agency states that a British cruiser and two destroyers, captured a German mine-layer, disguised as a hospital ship. This report is not…

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Struck by Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 21

The Holland-America liner Noondam (12,531 tons), which struck a mine while on the voyage from Now York to Rotterdam, has reached her destination under…

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