Colliery Disaster
LONDON, Friday.—Owing to the subsidence of a colliery at Tocina, in Andalusia, fifty miners were killed. Ten were extricated injured, but…
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Mining & the mines, 1904
818 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 41
Waratah Miners
The Waratah miners received victimised pay yesterday, which was very acceptable. The full returns are not in from the district on the advisability of accepting the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Wallsend. Miners' Meetings
The West Wallsend and Seaham Miners' Lodges held a combined special meeting on Thursday evening in the Federal Hall. Mr. W. Johnson presided. The meeting was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Supplies in Europe
We are about to see a large importation of Chinese labour to make up for the deficiency at home, and it is reasonable to anticipate that the production in South…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Fatal Mining Accident
An accidental attended with fatal results occurred at the Wallsend Colliery yesterday morning. A man named Andrew Dalziel, who has been employed at the colliery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hongkong As a Coal Port
It is current gossip in the city (says the "Syron and Shipping") that most of the boats reported fixed at high rates for Hongkong are really destined for Japan,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coal Traction Charges. Important Alterations. Other New Rates
The principal firms and colliery shipping officers in Newcastle have been notified that new railway rates will come into operation on Monday next, 2nd May. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wickham and B. I. Coal Co
The half-yearly meeting of the Wickham and Bullock Island Coal Company has been held at the Royal Exchange, Sydney. Mr. J. F Burns occupying the chair. The chairman, in…
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A man named Andrew Anderson, aged about 54 years, residing at West Wallsend, and employed at the Seaham Colliery, as a road cleaner, was yesterday knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining at Port Arthur
LONDON, Monday.—It is stated at St. Petersburg that the Japanese are laying automatic mines several miles outside Port Arthur to prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Delegate Board. New Terms for Pacific
A special meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board was held at the Trades Hall, Newcastle, yesterday. Mr. J. Bower, the president, occupied the chair, and there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Railway Rates. Coal Owners Take Action
The new railway rated came into operation yesterday. Business people have scarcely had time to form opinions as to the effect of the changes. In so far as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Miners
A well-attended meeting of the Wallsend miners was held at the Agricultural Hall on Monday evening. Mr. C. Richardson presided…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Borehole Coal Seam. Proved at Teralba
During the hearing of the Supreme Court action brought by the Pacific Coal Company against the Railway Commissioners, claiming compensation for the land…
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Writing from the East to the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Suttor, the New South Wales Commercial Agent in the East, says:—''Tenders will be invited…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Under the Ocean
In his annual report Mr. W. Humble, Senior Inspector of Collieries, says:—The following mines are working undersea coal: Hetton, Stockton, New…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Firedamp in Mines. Question of Safety Lamps
The question of what constitutes a dangerous percentage of fire damp in the air of a mine has been given full consideration to by a board comprising Mr. J. L. Fegan,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Sydney Letter. What's Become of the Patriotic Funds?—the Millers and the Railway Freights.—a Mine with All Its Workings in a School.—a Jap Appears in Pitt-street in His Native Dress.—the Abuse of Excursion Fares.—how to Deal with Those Who Trade in Unused "Halves." Sydney
''What's become of the patriotic funds?'' The question was a soldier's, and the writer, to whom it was addressed, fairly staggered at the strangeness of it. He like…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia Cancels Coal Contracts
LONDON, Friday.—Contracts for the supply of coal for the Russian Baltic fleet have been cancelled. It had been intended to store…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-getting by Electricity
In a recent issue "The Electrical Magazine" makes pointed reference to the employment of electricity in English colliery operations. In an editorial note it says:…
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