91 Men Dead in Mine Disaster Bartley (West Va.), January 12
Twenty-five bodies have been recovered from the Pocahontas coal mine, where an explosion occurred at the 600ft. level on Tuesday. Hope…
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Steamer Sunk by Mine Oslo. January 14
The steamer Fredville was sunk in the North Sea last week when she struck a mine. The Swedish steamer, May. under the Panama flag, landed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Miners Participate in Gold Records Wages Reach a New High. Kalgoorlie
Under the sliding wages clause in the miners’ award the record price for gold this week of £10 1276 an ounce means an increase in wages of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Quadruplets Born to Miner’s Wife New York, January 16
The Jaspar (Alabama) correspondent of United Press reports that quadruplets—three girls and a boy—varying from 2lb 14oz to 3lb 4½oz have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arbitration or Direct Action? Policy Being Considered by Mining Unions Sydney
The question of whether Mining Unions should be recommended to continue relations with the Federal Arbitration Count or resort to direct…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miners May Resort to Direct Action Sydney
Representatives of the mining unions walked out of a meeting of the Coal Reference Board to-day. Their action is regarded as the first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Mines Blamed for Sinkings London, January 19
Commenting on British mine-sweeping operations, the German radio alleges that mines which were too difficult to sweep were left to be struck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Romance Born and Broken When Ship Is Sunk by Mine London, January 22
Mr. S. G. Preece, one of the survivors of the Simon Bolivar, which was sunk off the coast of England by a mine, has become engaged to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →14 Steamers Sunk in Week by Mines and Torpedoes London, January 22
It is officially announced that the trawler H.M.S. Valdora, carrying a crew of nine, is presumed to have been lost…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Miners Will Not Return to Work Sydney
At a meeting of about 30 men on strike at Nattai Bull! colliery in the Burrorong valley to-day, it was decided not to return to work until two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →‘Full Understanding Between Berlin & Moscow’ “Friendship of Pure Gold” Spokesman’s Tilt at the Allies Roosevelt Working for Peace Envoy Fears a General Revolution Italy Believed Playing Germany’s Cards in the [?] LONDON, January 25
Most important development in international affairs to-day was the announcement from Moscow that Germany and Russia had reached complete agreement and full understanding regarding their foreign problems. The spokesman declared that therq was now no disagreement…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Price Control Order Extended to Coal Mining Industry CANBERRA
A price control order covering the coal mining industry was issued today by the Commonwealth Prices Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pensions for Miners to Be Inquired Into Sydney
The personnel of the committee to inquire into the question of compulsory retirement of employes in the coal mines of N.S.W. at the age of 60…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waireka Chosen to Win Challenge Stakes Flying Filly Never Better High Caste a Danger Gold Spark and Leeds for Randwick
Waireka, who sports the colors of A.J.C. committeeman, Mr. E. J. Watt, should add to the already lengthy tally of wins registered by that owner, what the brilliant Waikare filly goes to the post in the Challenge Stakes (6 furlongs), at Randwick to-day. The filly, who is built to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining at Redlands
Enquiries are being made by interested parties about the prospects or successfully working small shows at Redlands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coal Situation a Possible Stoppage of Production SYDNEY
Unless aggregate meetings of coalmine, workers this week decide to abandon, what the owners describe as irritation tactics, there may be a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Cabby Coal to France London, January 30
English and French shippers have chartered 50 small sized Norwegian ships, mostly for carrying British coal to France…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Rationing in England London. Jan. 30
Coal deliveries to householders are being restricted to 2 cwt. a week This will be relaxed in causes of hardship…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mines Explode on English Coast London. January 30
Two German mines struck a sea wall on the south-east coast and exploded. The explosions damaged two houses and blew in many windows…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fifty Thousand More Miners Helping Britain to Win War
"Old King Coal" is helping Britain to pay for the war by providing a valuable export to set against imports of war materials…
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