Gas. Explosion. Men Trapped in a Mine. Pottsville (Pennsylvania.)
Northern Star · Monday 4 August 1913 · page 5
An explosion of gas wrecked the mine property of the Philadelphia and Heading Mining Company. Thirty-six miners were caught in the mine at the time and only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners Entombed. London
Northern Star · Tuesday 5 August 1913 · page 5
At the Cadder Col[?]ery, Mavis Valley Glasgow, 23 mines are entombed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Labor Affairs. Troublesome Miners. Sydney
Northern Star · Tuesday 5 August 1913 · page 5
There is trouble among the Pelaw Main colliery employees and a stoppage of work is threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Federation. All the States Embraced. Sydney
Northern Star · Tuesday 5 August 1913 · page 5
It is hoped [?] before the end of the present year the Miners' Federation will embrace the whole of the states with a membership of 25,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cablegrams Gold at a Discount. Paris
Northern Star · Tuesday 5 August 1913 · page 5
Owing to the scarcity of gold coins the Bank of France is converting its gold reserves into twenty franc pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Cablegrams Nationalising the Mines. London
Northern Star · Wednesday 6 August 1913 · page 5
In Mr. Walsh's mines nationalisation scheme the purchase money is estimated at £135,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Disaster. Rescuer Reilly's Heroism. London, Monday Evening
Northern Star · Wednesday 6 August 1913 · page 5
Three men were saved in the Cadder mine due to Reilly, the first man, descending directly the alarm was elven. Reilly afterwards seized a lamp and ran to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Mining Situation. Early Strike Predicted. Sydney
Northern Star · Thursday 7 August 1913 · page 5
The serious mining situation pred[?]cted at Newcastle last week [?] to have developed to-day. Neither the mine owners nor the min[?]rs' leaders believe the Wages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Northern Miners. Judge Heydon's Strong Remarks. Notorious and Unreasonable Men. Sydney
Northern Star · Thursday 7 August 1913 · page 5
An application was made to the Industrial Court to-day to have set aside a writ of injunction issued in June last against three miners of the Pelaw Main colliery to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Miners Condemned. "Fire Low and Straight." Johannesburg
Northern Star · Friday 8 August 1913 · page 8
General O'Brien gave evidence that the troops during the Rand Club affair showed the greatest, forbearance in firing, and only when absolutely necessary were orders…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Northern Miners. Sydney
Northern Star · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 7
Mr. McGowen, as Minister for Labor, has decided to intervene with respect to the colliery trouble in the Northern districts…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mine Idle. Sydney
Northern Star · Saturday 9 August 1913 · page 7
The Clifton Mine was thrown idle yesterday as the result of a wheeler claiming to have been paid less than the recognised wage. Matters were eventually…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Hampered. Sydney
Northern Star · Friday 15 August 1913 · page 5
Mr. Cann stated this afternoon that many of the mines in the north and south-west were working only half time through the trucks being held up at Darling Island…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Revival at Drake
Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 5
Mr. G. H. Doyle has startled operations for his new store, which he is building next door to the Australian Hotel. The timber is now on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mine Disaster. Nine Men Killed. New York
Northern Star · Saturday 16 August 1913 · page 13
Nine men were killed at Coronado Mine, Clifton, Arizona, when the cable connecting the ore canrs broke and cars dashed down the slope with terrific speed and were…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Rand Mines. Capetown
Northern Star · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 5
Mr. Kotze, the Government mining engin-. eer, in his annual report of the Rand pleads for improved health conditions. Phthisis had killed off the best miners, leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miners' Lockout.. Wages Dispute. Sydney
Northern Star · Monday 18 August 1913 · page 5
A lockout of miners occurred at Cathcart Central Mlne, Ararat, owing to a dispute regarding wages. The officials of the A.M.A. are endeavoring to effect a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Strike. Wellington
Northern Star · Tuesday 19 August 1913 · page 5
"A strike has been declared at the Black Ball Mine, New Zealand, in consequence of the management's refusal to abolish the night, shift from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. About…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gold Stealing. Melbourne
Northern Star · Thursday 21 August 1913 · page 5
Three miners, Richard Downing, Samuel Downing and George Digney, were each sentenced to two years hard labor at Melbourne on charges of stealing gold from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Gold Rush. Johannesburg
Northern Star · Thursday 21 August 1913 · page 5
Authoritative accounts have been, received of a new goldfield near Kito, in the Bel[?]rian Congo, which assert that the reefs vield 70 per cent. of gold, and the field is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →