Shocking Colliery Disaster. Ninety-two Men Entombed
LONDON, Wednesday.—In connection with the sad disaster at Giglake Colliery, at Audley, Staffordshire, where a sudden inrush of water…
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Mining & the mines, 1895
1,038 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 52
Miners' Risks. Accident at Burwood
A MINER named Thomas Dunn, while working in the Burwood Colliery yesterday morning, met with a serious accident. He was putting in a shot, when a mass of coal came…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lambton Miners. Principle of Local Agreements Rejected
A special meeting of the Lambton Lodge was hold in Stoker's Hall last evening; Mr. D. Mason in the chair. The minutes of the fortnightly committee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australia. Coolgardie, Wednesday. More Gold Found
Excitement has been caused by the announcement of a new find such as to excel the Londonderry. The discovery is believed to have been made by Mr. Fitzgerald,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shifting Boards and Coal Cargoes. The Recent Friendly Commission
THE Liverpool Journal of commerce of December 11 has the following:—" Missing ships carrying coal cargoes from Newcastle, New South Wales, have been unpleasantly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Mining Industry. Deputation to the Minister. Sydney
A DEPUTATION, including Messrs. Tonkin, Lyne, and Moore, Ms. P., waited on the Minister for Mines to-day with the request that he would urge upon the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation. Miners' Meetings
THE strike against reductions at the Wallarah Colliery, Catherine Hill Bay, continues, the management refusing to pay more than 2s 2d per ton for mixed coal. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The West Australian Goldfields. The Londonderry Mine. Sale Completed. Perth
SENSATIONAL telegrams have been brought to light regarding the Londonderry jumping case. Mr. R. S. Haynes, solicitor, on behalf of John Jenkins, auctioneer, has issued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners' Situation. the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery. Notice of Reduction to be Given
WE are informed that the miners employed in the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery will to-day receive notice that after February 2 the company will pay the same rates as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Greta Miners
The adjourned meeting of the Greta Lodge was continued on Thursday evening in North's Hall, Mr. J. Unsworth in the chair The formal business concluded,…
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MINING affairs have become much quieter during the week, but while the Hetton men have had the good sense to settle their strike on the…
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A meeting of the old Co-operative miners was held in the hall of the Mechanics' Institute yesterday afternoon. Mr. David Mitchell in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glebe Miners' Accident Fund
THE quarterly meeting of the members of the Glebe Miners' Accident Fund was held on Thursday evening in Simpson's hall. Mr. J. Lloyd presided…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Colliery Disaster in England. All Hope of Rescue Abandoned
LONDON, Thursday.—All hope of rescuing alive the 78 men who are still entombed in the Diglake Colliery at Audley, Staffordshire, has now been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australia. Perth, Thursday. Gold Export
The gold exported from Western Australia last year amounted to 207,131oz, valued at £787,098. Yilgarn contributed 130,828oz, including 105,329 from Coolgardie, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wallsend Miners. Unsatisfactory Result of a Deputation
In compliance with the previous arrangements the deputation from the Wallsend miners, consisting of the chairman (Mr. R. Punton), the secretary (Mr. T. Estell), Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation. the Local Agreement Policy. to the Editor
SIR,—I desire to avail myself of the invitation extended to me by Mr. Do Largie through the medium of the Newcastle Herald in yesterday's issue, not for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →English Miners
THE adjourned national conference of miners will be held (remarks the Colliery Guardian, of 7th December) at Birmingham on the 20th inst. After the election of chairman,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Situation. Matters Unchanged
ON Saturday morning a notice was posted in the Wickham and Bullock Island Colliery to the effect that after 14 days the company will pay the same rates as those ruling at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Charges on Loading Coal Cargoes. a Favourable Comparison for Newcastle
Mr. ALEXANDER BROWN, managing director Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, writes as follows:—"In the course of business here I sought…
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