Explosion in Mine. Five Deaths Reported
LONDON, Sunday.—News from West Frankfort states that five men were killed by a local gas explosion in a coal mine on friday, Safety…
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Mining & the mines, 1926
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Miners' Leader. Escape Through Back Door
LONDON, Sunday.- Undergraduates vainly attempted to rush the Corn Exchange at Oxford, at which Mr. Cook, secretary of the Minors'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Miners Object to Machine Picks Sydney
When the city railway miners who are on strike asked the railway commissioners to abolish the machine pick used in the work they were met…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Safety in Mines Eleven Hundred Men Saved (Reuter.) BENTON (Illinois)
A fire is reported to be raging in a coal mine at West Frankfort, where an explosion occurred yesterday trapping 15 to 40 men. One is known to have been killed and three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Back-door Escape Miners' Leader at Oxford. Leaves in a Hurry to Avoid Undergraduates' Humor
LONDON, Saturday Undergraduates namly attempted to rush the Corn Exchange at Oxford, at which Mr. Cook, secretary of the Miners'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Mining Grant a Poor Pittance Perth
The Minister fo Mines (Mr. Troy), referring to the Federal Government grant of £40,000 to the mining industry, declared it was a miserable dole. He added that as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"A Miserable Dole" Federal Government's Grant of £40,000 to Mining Industry
PERTH, Monday.--The Minister for Mines (Mr. Troy), referring to the Federal Government's grant to the mining industry, declared it was a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Miners' Claim Sydney
The central executive of the Coal Miners' Federation decided that after the first Saturday in March all miners engaged in contract work shall only work ten days a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Territory Gold Fields
On arrival at Townsville on Thursday, Mr. Nelson, M.H.R., questioned regarding the late reports of gold prospects in the Territory, was enthusiastic in this regard, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Gold in N.T. "One of the Biggest Things in Australia
There have been several promising finds of gold in the Northern Territory, especially in the field known as the Shack, at Grovehill, said the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Miners' Federation Men to Work 10 Days a Fortnight on Contract Work. Preventing Stoppages over trivial Matters
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The central executive of the Coal Miners' Federation have decided that, after the first Saturday in March, all miners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strike at Coal Mine
Sydney, Friday.--A strike has been declared by the winding engine drivers at Aberdare Colliery, and about 800 employees have been thrown idl[?],…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Judge Collapses in Mine
NEWCASTLE, Friday.- After a ten hour inspection of the Aberdare colliery Mr. Justice Edmunds collapsed through fatigue. he was removed to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yallourn Miners. On Strike Again
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--As a result of the decision arrived at at a stop-work meeting, all miners engaged in working brown coal deposits at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strike of Miners Melbourne
As a result of the decision arrived at at a stop work meeting all the miners engaged in working the brown coal deposits at the State Electricity Commissioners' mine at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Mine Accident (Reuter) PITTSBURG
Three men were killed and 21 entombed in a mine explosion at the Pittsburg Terminal Coal Corporation's mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Justice Edmunds Collapses in a Mine Newcastle
After a ten hour inspection of the Aberdare colliery yesterday, Mr. Justice Edmunds collapsed through fatigue. He was removed to hospital where he has been advised to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pathetic Scenes Colliery Disaster a Father's Grief Inquest on the Victims Newcastle
The inquests into the deaths of William Riley, Joseph Lonsdale, Nornian Berriman, A. Butterworth and T. Adams, who died as a result of injuries received in the explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Judge Collapses After 10 Hours' Inspection of Colliery. Sittings of Goal Commission Adjourned
NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--After 10 hours' inspection of the Aberdare Colliery, yesterday, Mr. Justice Edmunds collapsed, through fatigue. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chapter of Tragedies. Hapenings in America. Kiled in Mine Explosion
PITTSBURG, Thursday.- Three men were killed and 21 outombed in a mine explosion at the Pittsburg Terminal Coal Corporation mine…
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