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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Mining & the mines

Mining & the mines, 1905

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Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1905 · page 6

A morning of Hebburn miners was held in Shedden's Hall on Friday afternoon. Mr. M. Charlton, M.P., addressed those present, and explained why he had…

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Colliery Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—An wxplosopn of gas in a colliery at Makiyoffha, a province of Ekaterinoslay, in Russia, resulted in 460 miners being killed…

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Wallsend Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1905 · page 3

The Wallsend miners met at the School of Arts on Friday evening. Mr. C Richardsen presided. The secretary, Hebburn Miners' Lodge…

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Mining Affairs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 July 1905 · page 5

The work of erecting the brick stopping in the Stoctkon pit is almost completed, and the fire is giving no trouble. The majority of the pits in the…

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Pelaw-main Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 6

"There were very few of the employees in evidence yesterday, and there is no probability of any further disturbances. This state of affairs is due to the influence of the…

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Burwood Miners. Driving and Siding Over

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1905 · page 6

In the Newcastle Small Debts Court yesterday before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., Henry George Wright, Tighe's Hill; Lewis Jenkins, Lambton; John Colinson,…

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Maitland District ("Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland.) Pelaw Main Colliery. Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 July 1905 · page 6

Arrangements were made for a combined meeting of Pelaw-Main and Hebburn miners' lodges to take place yesterday at Kurri Kurri, but in consequence of the…

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Glebe Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 2

The quarterly meeting of the Glebe miners' lodge was held on Monday evening, in Simpson's Hall. There was a good attendance, and Mr. Rees Powell occupied…

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Catherine Hill Bay Miners' Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 6

The quarterly meeting of the miners' lodge was held in Tobin's Hall on Saturday evening. Mr. J. Bassett occupied the chair. The delegate, Mr. W. Wardle,…

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Burwood Miners. Driving and Siding Over

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 7

In the Newcastle Small Debts Court yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., Henry George Wright, Tighe's Hill; Lewis Jenkins, Lambton: John Colinson,…

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Arbitration Court. Pacific Miners. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 July 1905 · page 4

In the Arbitration Court to-day, before the President, Judge Heydon, and Messrs. Wright and Smith, members, an application was made on behalf of the Collieries'…

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Mining Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—An explosion has taken place at Tidewater Colliery, in Virginin, in the United States. Nine miners were killed, while 80…

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Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 6

A meeting of Hebburn miner was held in Shedden's hall yesterday morning. The treasurer had been appointed to go to Minmi to collect on behalf of Hebburn…

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Burwood Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 6

Some trouble has occurred at the Burwood Colliery with regard to the Sunday night shift. It has been the custom in the past for the miners working at night to…

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Harrison's Coal Circular

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 4

Harrison's San Francisco coal circular of June 11 is as follows:—"Since the Sierra departed but two cargoes of colonial coal have been delivered here from Newcastle. N.S.W.,…

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Electric Signalling in Mines

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 16

At a recent meeting of the North Staffordshire Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Mr. J. Willis read a paper on "An Elcetric indicating Two-wire…

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Hydraulic Mining

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1905 · page 14

A branch of the mining industry in Victoria which is yielding profitable returns in that of hydraulic sluicing by gravitation and dredging. This method is being…

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Mine Disaster

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 July 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—By an explosion of fire-damp in a mine at Anderines, in Belgium, 14 men were killed and 12 others injured…

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State Gold Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 July 1905 · page 4

The gold yield for the month of June was 7162 ounces crude, equal to 6607 ounces fine, valued at £28,066, as compared with 28,508 ounces crude, equal to…

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Hebburn Colliery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1905 · page 6

Two the Hebburn Colliery free labourers left the colliery on Friday for Newcastle, and returned on Sunday afternoon. They were met by a small escort of police…

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