Drifting Mine Suggested as the Cause of Disaster
Those who were rescued report that two other boats containing survivors left the Formidable. Navad writers suggest that a gale…
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British Battleship Lost Formidable Sunk in the Channel Probably Struck Derelict Mine 780 Men on Board 201 Known to Be Saved a Survivor's Thrilling Narrative British Naval Disaster. H.M.S. Formidable Lost. London
It is officially announced that the British battleship Formidable, 15,000 tons, has been sunk in the English Channel. It is not known yet whether a mine or an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Mining
Reports from Sluys states that the road from Oosterzelle to Ghent is mined every 50 metres with the intention of hampering the advance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Naval Experts' Theory. Mines Released From Anchorage
According to survivors of the lost battleship Formidable, which was sunk in the English Channel, two other boatloads got away from the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →General Cable News. Probable Miners' Strike. London
The Miners Federation has ordered a la[?]ot in West Yorks[?]re on the question of whether there should be a strike owing to the non-payment of the increase in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Export of Coal
Mr. Holman in November received certain representations from the colliery, proprietors respecting Commonwealth restrictions on the export of coal. At that…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The War. Cruiser Bremen Damaged. Struck a Mine. Petrograd
The cruiser Bremen has arrived at Wilhelmshafen, badly damaged by a mine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Childhood's Gold. (Sent in by H. V. Elrington, Mountain View, Coolamon.)
They need not go so far away, Through heat and cold to hunt for gold; They might beside us sit or stray— Our hands are hill as they can hold…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Science Notes. Electric Power From Mines
At a mine in South Africa, the water supply has to be drawn from a considerable distance, and must, on its way, cross a ridge of some 600ft. high. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sweden Clears German Mines From Part of Baltic
A flotilla of Swedish [?]edoers is clearing the sea of thee German mines which suspended shipping in that part of the Baltic Sea between Stockholm and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mine Menace
A flotilla of Swedish torpedo-boats, it is reported from Copenhagen, is clearing the Baltic Sea of German mines between Stockholm and Gothland. These mines and…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Mines in the Baltic. Five German Steamers Sunk. Vancouver
London cables repeat a message received by the Morning Post from its Stockholm correspondent, who says that, during the last fortnight, five German…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General Cable News. Miners Trouble in Yorkshire London
A ballot of the West Yorkshire miners, taken subject to the decision of the Executive of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, has by a [?]remendons majority,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Salt Mines of Wieliczka
Nine miles north-east of Cracow, the great Austrian-Polish fortress town, are the remarkable salt mines of Wieliczka, the most famous in the world. There is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Submarine. Torpedoes a British Steamer. Mines in Gulf of Bothnia. Swedish Vessel Lost. London
The British steamer Durward of 1301 tons, commanded by Captain J. P. Boyd, and owned by G. Gibson and Company, of Leith, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Earthquake in England. Yorkshire Collieries Suffer. London
Earth tremors have been felt at Comsbero, Denaby, and Rich Minton, in Yorkshire. The shocks caused heavy falls of earth…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Twenty Three Miners Filled New York
An explosion occurred in the Carlisle mine at Fayetteville, west Virginia, and 183 miners were entombed. Twenty- three were killed by the explosion, and [?] were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tax on South African Mines. Will Produce Half a Million Annually
Newspapers published In the South African Union endorse the abandonment of the Imperial Conference for the current year. They say that the heads of British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mining Lease
In the Albury Warden's Court yesterday before the Warden (Mr.J.Jamieson,P.M.), there was concluded the [?] case in which Gustav Adolph Kirchner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wages of Goal Miners. London
The South Wales Minera Federation has given three months' notice from April 1, of its intention to terminate the wages agreement, in consonance with the…
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