Stockton Colliery
Another awful catastrophe was that which occurred at the Stockton Colliery, between December 2 and 4, 1896. Two men had been overcome, and it was in…
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Mining & the mines, 1923
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Mount Mulligan Colliery
By an explosion which occurred in Mount Mulligan Colliery, in Queensland, on September 19, 1921, 80 men were entombed. All but four of that number…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exemption Wanted Gold Mining And Taxes MELBOURNE
Consideration was given by tho Federal Cabinet to claims that the gold-mining industry should be exempted from income tax…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Miners' Executive
All the executive officers of the Miners' Federation proceeded with haste to the scene and did everything that they could to relieve the distress of the sufferers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Earlier Disasters Hamilton Colliery
Associated with the mining development of the Newcastle district there are a number of other deplorable tragedies. The lives of many workers have been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mines Closed
All the mines on the Maitland field are not working to-day, owing to the disaster. The business premises in Cessnock are also closed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine-sweeper's Visit
The mine-sweepers Marguerite and Mallow, two units of the Royal Australian Navy, reached Newcastle from Broken Bay, yesterday and tied up at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mines Minister's Sympathy Sydney
Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick (Minister for Mines) was deeply pained when he heard the news of the disaster. In an interview he said: "On behalf of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Mining Trouble
A New York message states that it is reported from Harrisburg that the miners and operators are accepting only partially the plan of settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Idle Strike In Pennyslvania 150,000 Men Down Tools VANCOUVER
Not a wheel is being turned in the Pennsylvania anthracite area, though it is believed that the strike of 150,000 miners will be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine Explosion. Disaster at Bellbird. Twenty-one Lives Lost. Brave Attempts at Rescue
An appalling disaster, resulting in the loss of twenty-one lives, cast a deep shadow of gloom over the Maitland coalfield on Saturday afternoon,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bellbird Disaster Mine Catastrophe District Stunned Twenty one Men Killed Further Explosions Add to Horror
Though hours have passed sines the worst was known regarding the disaster at Bellbird colliery, Cessnock still wears an aspect of stunned stupefaction and horror. The South Maitland coalfield…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Colliery Disaster
While the ascertainment of the cause of the disaster at the Bellbird Colliery must ha left to the expert inquiry, there are certain matters in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Hardships
The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that there has been considerable rioting and plundering in the Ruhr, mainly in the Essen region, owing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Diseases in Miners
A lecture of special interest to mine officials and miners will be delivered in the Technical College, Newcastle, to-morrow evening, by Dr. Watkins Pitchford,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Matters. West Wallsend Colliery
Upon Inquiry yesterday regarding the proposed closing down of the West Wallsend Colliery, Mr. N. J. Clark, superintendent of the Caledonian Collieries, Ltd.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Southern Miners' Sympathy. Sydney
The South Coast miners held meetings to-day, expressed sympathy with the relatives of these who lost their lives in the Bellbird disaster. As a mark of respect…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Disaster
Sir.—The terrible and appalling mining disaster at the Bellbird colliery shows the necessity of having rescue stations established on the south Maitland fields,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Safety First Problem of Mine Gases
Since the disaster there has been much talk of the need for the provision of the best possible rescue appliances at all collieries. There is a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greta to Bulli Mine Surveyor Farewell Presentation
Officials and other employees of Greta collieries, with their wives and families, entertained Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Durham in the Masonic Hall, Greta, on Friday…
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