Treacherous Floating Mines
Two Danish and two Dutch vessels pursuing ordinary trade routes have been sunk by mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Mining & the mines
Mining & the mines, 1914
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British Heavily Engaged. Toll of Floating Mines. Marines Sent to Ostend. German Cruiser Sunk. by British Cruiser. Sydney
Mr. Asquith announced in the Commons that the British were engaged against a superior force of Germans but the English fought…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Molasses for Mines
Mr. Launcelot Ussher, of South Africa, has introduced a new dust-laying preparation for use in mines, the base of which is molasses. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Liner Sunk by Mine. Sydney, Monday Afternoon
The British steamer Runo conveying 300 Russians from Hull to Russia struck a floating mine 40 miles off Shields and went down; nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Cruiser Sunk by a Floating Mine
The British scout cruiser Pathfinder, 3000 tons, struck a mine 20 miles east of the English coast and foundered. The loss of life is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Enough for a Thousand Years
According to a calculation made by the International Geological Congress of Canada, this of available supply of coal still unmined in the world is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coal-cutting Machine
Revolutionary changes in coal-mining methods are promised upon the general introduction of a coal-mining machine developed by Mr. H. A. Kuhn,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War Latest Cables Another British Steamer Strikes a Mine. Antwerp Shelled. Belgians Repel Germans. Heavy Austrian Defeat. Sydney
The British steamer Seeby struck a mine in the North Sea and sunk. The crew were rescued. Antwerp forts arc being shelled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Strikes a Mine
The steamer Admiral Ganteaum, carrying Belgian refugees, struck a mine off Boulogne. The women became panic stricken. Many men…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Short Story. “Vengeance is Mine.”
“Let her die,” he stammered. “God, let her die. Forget what I said before; never mind him; let her die.” An increase in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Gold Hoards. War-Chests of Fighting Nations
The world's best-known war-chest is that which Germany has maintained in tho Julius Tower at Spandau for over forty years…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Swedish Steamer Sunk by Floating Mine
The Swedish steamer Atle, 1183 tons, has been sunk by a mine in the North Sea. Six lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining at the Barrier
THE Royal commission which was appointed to inquire into the conditions of mining at the Barrier has handed in its report. It is pretty drastic, and calculated to inflict…
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