Shocking Colliery Explosion and Great Loss of Life
On November 15, an explosion took place in No. 5 pit of the Moss Hall Coal Company's collieries, at Platt Bridge, three miles from Wigan. The shaft is two hundred and…
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Mining & the mines, 1870
4 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers
Terrible Mining Accident
A TERRIBLE mining accident occurred on Saturday morning, at 5 o'clock, at the village of Stockton, near Hazleton. At the hour named, the community was startled…
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WATCH, &c.—Some few years ago a Danish sailor, named Vgesk, was employed at Newcastle, and while there was the means of saving some lives during one of the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal Mines Near Wollongong
THE whole of the picturesque and bold const line that overlooks the beautiful Illawarra district from the Coal Cliff almost to the Shoalhaven, is carboniferous, and contains…
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