Coal Industry £26,500,000 Profit
LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. Cook, secretary of the Miners' Federation, giving evidence at the Court of Inquiry into conditions in the British coal industry,…
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Mining & the mines, 1924
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One Hundred Miners Trapped. in a Burning Mine
NEW YORK, Monday.—Australian Press Association: At Wheeling (West Virginia 107 miners have been entombed as the result of an explosion…
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NEW YORK, Monday.--At Wheeling (West Virginia) 107 miners have been entombed as the result of an explosion in the Benwood coal mine…
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WHEELING (West Virginia), Tuesday.—It is reported that 107 miners have been entombed by an explosion at the Ben Wood coal mine. All the entries are blocked…
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While fighting an outbreak of fire in a house occupied by Mrs. Mary Barkin, at Marrickville, a firemen found sovereigns and half-sovereigns…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A commencement will be made to-day to open the bellbird Colliery, which has been scaled since the disaster Twelve men have…
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LONDON, Saturday.--The Admiralty Slavage steamer Racer is engaged recovering gold from the wrecked liner Laurentic, off the mouth of [?]…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. Nelson, M.P., states that Northern Territory is the best pastoral country in the world, and has unlimited mineral…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—For the first time since the disaster in the Bellbird colliery eight months ago a party of explorers entered the mine to-day. Mr. J. Mathieson,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--For the first time since the disaster in the Bellbird colliery eight months ago a party of explorers entered the mine to-day. Mr…
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CESSNOCK, Tuesday.—A second party of five men explored the upper reaches of the Bellbird mine this morning, remaining in the pit almost three-quarters of an hour. They…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Tests of the air in the Bellbird mine tunnel showed the presence of a heavy proportion of deadly gases…
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For the first time since the disaster in the Bellbird colliery eight months ago a party of explorers entered the mine on Monday Mr. J. Mathicson,…
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Some remarkable predictions are contained in Mr. Frederick Soddy's "Science and Life"—says the "Daily Mail." Mr. Soddy is Lee Professor of…
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NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The death of a horse caused two miners of the Pelton colliery to stop work to-day. When the men commenced work an…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The volunteer party in the Bellbird mine yesterday was engaged installing a new air base. The work be carried on every day,…
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BERLIN, Wednesday.--Work on practically all the mines in the Ruhr is at a standstill owing to the refusal of the men to work more than eight hours…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--It is expected that work will be resumed on the Mount Kembla mine, which has been idle for six weeks…
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CESSNOCK, Friday.—A test was made to-day in the Bellbird mine for any leakage of gas. The test was effected by using an oil safety lamp and a canary. No leakage…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.— Dr. William Maloney, M.H.R., was entertained by his friends at a "smoke" in the Melbourne Town Hall last night, on the occasion of his 70th…
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