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Murray · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1914

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How to Save Coal

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 6
Also in Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser

The coal bill in winter is a very serious item of household expenditure. There are many patent grates certified to reduce the consumption of coal to a…

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Miners' Campaign Against Non-unionists

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 33

At the last meeting of the Kalgoorlie and Boulder Federated Miners' Union it was resolved that the members of the union should decline to work with non-unionists…

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Richard Ashleigh; or, a Son of the Mine. Chapter Xii. the Explosion in the Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 9

"Not until a long time after. Then one of the keepers noticed his dog scratching amongst the roots of a tree, and saw that the soil had been disturbed. He…

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The Senghenydd Colliery Disaster. Information Laid Against Owners and Manager. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 2

In connection with the terrible colliery disaster at Scnghenydd, near Cardiff, in October last, when 426 lives were lost, the Home Office has laid an information…

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Closing Down of Cobar Coppice Mine

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 April 1914 · page 2

Owing to the closing down of the Cobar copper mine 2,000 men have intimated their intention of leaving the district…

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Colliery Explosion. Proceedings Against Owners. London. April 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 42

Official action is being taken by the Government in connection with the Universal colliery disaster, at Senghenydd, in South Wales, in October last, when 426 lives were…

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Sentenced for Gold-stealing. Bendigo

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 3

Charged at the Bendige City Court today (1) with having had in his possession gold-bearing specimens vallied at 4/; and (2) with having failed to satisfy the police…

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Richard Ashleigh; or, a Son of the Mine. Chapter XIII.—(Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 April 1914 · page 9

At the touch the manager started and raised his head. "It's you, is it?" he exclaimed, evidently relieved as he saw who his visitor…

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New South Wales Colliery Development. Ownership Chance Alleged Newcastle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 25 April 1914 · page 2

Important developments, perhaps involving the formation of a new Proprietors' Association, are likely to take place during the next few weeks on the…

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The Senghenydd Colliery Disaster. Probable Cause of Explosion. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 April 1914 · page 1

The report issued by the Home Office in connection with the disaster at the Universal Colliery at Senghenydd, finds that there was a disquieting laxity of…

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Coal Strike in Colorado. Very Serious Pesities

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 2

President Wilton has appealed to Mr Rockfeller to thing about a settlement of the Colorado coal strike which would end in violence. Rockfoller…

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250 Miners Entombed. Disaster in Virginia. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 30 April 1914 · page 2

A mining disaster has occurred at Beckley, West Virginia. Owing to an explosion in the pit of the New River Colleries Company, 260…

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Alluvial Mines and Rivers. Question of Prior Rights

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 1

Mr. J. J. Cusack, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission, Sydney:— "I am directed by the Commissioner for…

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A Funeral in a Mining Camp

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 8

The following story of a funeral in a mining camp in California is from the Sacramento "Transcript" of June 11, 1850:—…

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Serious Mine Disaster. 250 .Men. Entombed. New York, Anvil 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 21

A serious explosion has occurred in the mine of the New River Collieries Company at Eccles (West Virginia). Two hundred and fifty men, who were…

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Richard Ashleigh; or, a Son of the Mine. Chapter, XIV.—(Continued.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 9

After searching, the fourth stall without result the three passed down the heading to where their companions awaited them only to find that their search, also. had…

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Colorado Labor War. Strikers Attack Mines. Eight Men Killed. New York, Thurs

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 2

A telegram from Denver, in Colorado, reports further fatal fighting in the strike area. Seven men were killed in an attack made by the strikers on the mines in the…

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Greater Than Gold Published by arrangement with Ward, Lock and Co., London & Melbourne. All Rights Reserved. CHAPTER I.

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 1 May 1914 · page 3

"Is that you, Peter?" The eyes of Paul Danvers were raised with difficulty, his breath was coming fast, he looked through the…

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Cablegrams. the Miners' Strike War in Colorado. Industrial Wokkhrs of This Would in Sympathy. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 4 May 1914 · page 2

A demonstration, in which 10,000 Industrial Workers of the World took part, was hold in Union Square, New York. The police found it necessary to charge…

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