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Mining & the mines, 1914

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Treatment of Germans. a Mine Manager. to Resign Hid Position. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 3

Rumors of an alleged disloyal utterance by R. V. Hummel, manager of the Suffolk United mine, have been current of late, and on Saturday a…

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The Capture of Tog[?]land. Gold Coast Pays the Bill. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 2

The official Press Bureau states that the capture of Togoland cost £60,000. The Gold Coast Colony has resolved to meet the expenditure…

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Mine Disaster. Explosion of Dynamite. New York

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 2

A box of dynamite exploded while being lowered down the shaft of a mine in Pennsylvania. Thirteen miners were killed…

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A Mine Exploded

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 December 1914 · page 2

A passeage steamer sighted a mine in the Channel, and some soldiers aboard exploded it with their rifles…

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Mine Found at Taranto. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 December 1914 · page 2

An unexpected Austrian mine has been found at Taranto, South Italy, where the Italian fleet is anchored…

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German Plan Frustrated. Mines at Gibraltar. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 December 1914 · page 2

The "Daily Chronicle's" Madrid correspondent says the Admiralty frustrated a mature German plan to sow mines in the Straits of Gibraltar by…

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Mines in the Baltic. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

It has been proved that the Germans are sowing mines broadcast in the Baltic…

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Sunk by Mines. Cootamundra, Tuesday, 2.15

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

Reports from Trieste state that two Austrian torpedo boats struck mines at Pola, and were sunk, all on board being drowned…

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Plans to Mine Strait of Gibraltar. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 3

The Madrid correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that the Admiralty has frustrated a German plan that has been matured to sow the…

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Mining News. the Bangadang Field

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

BY present indications the Bangadang mine will, ere long, be ranked amongst the big mining propositions of the State. The present…

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Daring Dive. Under Bows of Mines. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

Particulars of the exploit of submarine BH' are supplied by the British Press Bureau. The submarine, under commander…

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Coal Mine Explosion. 800 Men Entombed. Tokio

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 3

In an explosion at a coalmine at Fukuska. eight hundred men were entombed. The rush of wheat waggons across…

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Japanese Mine Disaster. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 2

Heavy loss of life is feared as a result of a disastrous coal mine explosion at Fukuoka, in Japan. Eight hundred men were entombed…

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Country Divorce Case. Damages Against Mine Manager. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 4

In the Divorce Court to-day, James Kessey of Mount David, formerly an hotel keeper, petitioned Mr. Justice Gordon and a ury, to award him…

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Looking for Gold. Appeal to German Burghers. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 2

The General commanding Munster and Westphalia has appealed to the burghers to exchange gold for paper, in order to assist war preparations,…

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Atlantic Liner's Escape. Mines Collide in Front of Vessel. Explosion in the Water. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 2

Two mines collided a short distance in front of the bows of the Cunard liner Transylvania, and blew up. The explosion threw a huge column…

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Mines Left Three Steam London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 2

Three steamers haved by mines off Flan Several of the crews It is believed that o…

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The Maitland Miners

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 December 1914 · page 2

An effort is being made to arrange a conference between the Maitland collieries employees, who had gone enstrike, and the proprietors of the…

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Mine-sweepers Blown Up

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 3

Two British mine-sweepers between Scarborough and Filey have been blown up. A third was seriously damaged The Majority of the crews were saved…

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Mine Sweepers Destroyed. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 2

Two mine sweepers between Scarborough and Fiely have been blown up, and a third was seriously damaged. The bulk of the crews were saved…

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