Mining Diaster. Nearly 400 Lives Lost
A careless miner in a pity at Cherry. Illinois has caused the death of 360 of his comrades, and made orphans of 1000 children. He threw a light into a pile…
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Mining & the mines, 1910
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Colliery Disaster. Sixty-eight Men Killed. Caused by a Miner Smoking. London
An explosion has occurred in a coalmine at Las Esperandas, in Mexico. Sixty-eight miners were killed and 50 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Crisis. Conspiracy Charges. the Case Adjourned. Illness of Mr. Brennan. Sydney
At the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Pring, the hearing of the charge of conspiracy preferred against Peter Bowling, William Brennan,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Borehole Miners
A meeting of the Borehole miners was held on Friday, Mr. G. Peattie presiding. The delegate board minutes were read and dealt with, Nos. 4, 6, and 14 being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Minmi Miners
A meeting of the Minmi miners was held on Friday evening in Peel's hall, Mr. W. Standing presiding. There was a large attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Seaham Miners
A meeting of the South Seaham miners was held in the Estellville Hall on Thursday, Mr. W. Gates presiding. The minutes of the delegate board were dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Dispute
Sir,—Seeing that there is a distinct tendency in the Newcastle district to accept the Wages Board as the only available means of settling the present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Mining Difficulty
There is now some reason to hope that the grievances in the coal-mining trade will be submitted to the wages board. A meeting of the Coal and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mining Crisis. Important Meetings. Settlement Possible. Large Relief Donations
Matters in the mining dispute are now advancing apparently in the direction of a settlement. A meeting of the central executive of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal-lumpers' Delegates
Speaking yesterday, Mr. R. Cameron, acting president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, denied the accuracy of the contents of a paragraph that had appeared in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southern Collieries Board. Evidence in Sydney. Sydney
The Southern Collieries Wages Board sat to-day in Denham-chambers, Phillip-street, Mr. Walter Edmunds occupying the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Trouble
Sir,—As an old and experienced miner, I would like to ask the delegate board and advisory committee when they are going to desist from the attitude that they have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Mining Trouble
Sir,—I desire to place before your readers what I consider has been detrimental to the miners for an honourable settlement of this industrial trouble. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal Workers' Federation. Request for a Ballot. Southern Delegates Displeased. Sydney
A meeting of the council of the Coal and Shale Workers' Federation of Australia was held in the Trades Hall to-day, to discuss the industrial situation, and bring…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Disaster. Eleven Men Killed. a Wonderful Escape. London
Eleven men were killed by an explosion on Saturday in the Earnest Colliery, Pennsylvania. A man at the Meadow Colliery,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Crisis. a Ballot Recommended. Delegate Board Meets To-day
The council of the Coal and Shale Workers' Association, at its meeting in Sydney yesterday, decided to recommend that a ballot should be taken in the north as to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ebbw-main Colliery
About twenty-five non-unionists are working at Ebbw-Main Colliery, Greta. Some of them are working underground filling shale, blackstone, etc., that was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seaham Miners
The adjourned monthly meeting of the Seaham miners was held in the Federal Hall, yesterday. Mr. W. Brownlee presided, and there was a good attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Trouble
Sir,—I saw a letter in your paper last week written by a correspondent signing himself "Unionist," saying that Joseph Houston was only one, and that he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Gold Yield. Sydney
The return furnished by the Union-secretary for Mines shows that the [?] yield recorded for this State for the month of January is 21,632 ounces [?]…
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