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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1900

1,022 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 50 of 52

Greta. the Disaster at the Mine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 December 1900 · page 5

All work in connection with the sealing down of the mine is now completed, and everything is unusually quiet. Miners are lolling about the streets daily, not knowing…

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British Coal Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1900 · page 2

The result of the ballot of the Monkwearmouth miners, ordered by the executive of the Durham Miners' Association, has been made known, says…

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District News. Mi[?]mi. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1900 · page 7

The monthly meeting of miners of Browns' collieries was held on Thursday night in Mr. Wiles' Hall, Mr. J. Mitchell in the claim. The minutes of committee meeting were dealt…

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Greta Colliery Disaster. Court of Investigation. the Manager's Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1900 · page 7

At the Greta Courthouse yesterday morning. His Honor Acting Judge C. G. Wade opened a Court of Investigation, under the provisions of section 23, the Coal Mines…

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The Greta Colliery Disaster Mr. Jeffries' Evidence. (Continued from Page 7.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1900 · page 4

Mr. J. Jeffries, the manager of the colliery said in examination by Mr. Curley, that he obtained his manager's certificate after the passing of the 1896 Act. On the…

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The Coal Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 December 1900 · page 3

Harrison's Coal Trade Circular, under date San Francisco, November 22, says:—"Since the Alameda left four (aogoes of coal have arrived here from Newcastle, viz.:…

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Greta Colliery Disaster. Court of Investigation. Further Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1900 · page 5

The Court of Investigation, under section 23 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1896, into the circumstances of the disaster in the Greta Colliery an the 5th inst., was…

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Leconfield Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 December 1900 · page 8

Sir,—My attention has been called to a paragraph of the "Newcastle Herald" in reference to the coal in the tunnels on my Leconfield estate…

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The San Francisco Coal Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 December 1900 · page 4

Private advices received here from San Francisco, under date November 21, state that business in Australian coal from Newcastle will be greatly diminished if the…

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Greta Colliery Disaster. Court of Investigation. Third Day. the Acting Deputy's Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 December 1900 · page 5

Under the provisions of section 23 of the Coal Mines Regulation Act of 1896, the Court of Investigation into the circumstances of the recent Greta Colliery disaster was resumed at…

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Southern Collieries

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 December 1900 · page 6

The conferences between Southern colliery owners and representatives of the miners was resumed on Tuesday at the Oddfellows' Hall, Bulli. Those…

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Greta Colliery Disaster. Court of Investigation. Fourth Day's Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 December 1900 · page 7

The Court of Investigation into the recent disaster in the Greta Colliery was resumed yesterday morning in the Greta Courthouse, before his Honor Acting Judge C. G. Wade…

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Stockton Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 5

The monthly meeting of this lodge was held lost night, Mr. J. Houston, chairman, presiding. There was a good attendance. Mr. Matthew Poland, a delegate from the…

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Durham (England) Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 8

At a recent meeting in the Coal Trade Office, Newcastle-on-Tyne, the following resolution was adopted:— 1. "That married workmen of the…

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Greta Colliery Disaster. Court of Investigation. the Inspectors' Evidence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 December 1900 · page 6

Before his Honor Acting Judge C. G. Wade the Court of Investigation into the circumstances of the recent disaster in the Great Colliery was resumed at the Greta…

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Sea Pit Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the above miners was held on Thursday evening in Blackburn's hotel. Mr. T. G. Wilson in the chair. The attendance was only moderate…

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Five Welsh Miners Drowned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 15

Five men recently lost their lives by the flooding of a colliery near Cymmer, Glanmorgan. The accident occurred at the Glecavon Colliery, owned by Mr. Robert Gibb…

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Mine Explosion in Bohemia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 6

Vienna, November 13.—At Charlsutensdorf, in the Bohemian mining district of Bruex, all explosion occurred this evening in the Pluto Mine. It…

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Miners and the Middleman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 6

At a conference of delegates of the South Wales Miners' Federation held at Cardiff Wales, the president (Mr. W. Abraham, M.P.) said in reference to the miners taking a…

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Coal Consumption in Battleships

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1900 · page 14

The amount of coal used by the auxiliary machinery on board ship has always been known to be good proportion of the total consumed and it has been recognised as well…

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