Earlier Cables Tuesday Afternoon Cruiser Struck a Mine
The [?]ight cruiser "Arthuse" struck a mine off the east coast, and it is feared she will become a total wreck. Ten lives were lost…
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Western Front. Exploding Mines. Heavy Artillery Firing. London
Sir Douglas Haig reports:— The enemy exploded a mine south of Loos, and our fire checked an attempt to take the crater, but we look a crater…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Western Front, Artois and Alsace. French Explode Explode Mine. Intense Artillery Bombardment Paris
"In the Artois region, northward of Hill 140, we exploded a mine, which seriously damaged a German trench. Another mine caused a huge crater…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Getting Electricity Direct From Coal
Probably two hundred and [?] thousand scientists of the world have struggled with the problem of producing electricity direct from heat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coal at Oaklands
The work of thoroughly testing the coal seam, which was discovered last year when boring for water on the property of Mr.J.T.Lane at Coorabin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The World's Higgest Mining Camp. a Triumph in Engineering
Forty miles from Salt Lake City, in a narrow, crooked two thousand feet deep gash in the barren, thousands-of-centuries old mountains of the Oquirrh…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loos and Ypres. British Explode Mines. Artillery Activity at Ypres. London
Sir Douglas Haig reports:—"We sprang three mines on Friday night in the neighborhood of Loos, with satisfactory results. We repulsed this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Line. German's Explode Mine
Sir Douglas Huig reports: We repulsed a small attack south east of Albert During the night the enemy sprang a mine at La Bassee Canal, The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mining Mems
Gold-mining lease to be cancelled in "Gazette" of March 10th next:—K. J. Jones, 4a. lr. 21p.. parish North Gundagai…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Is the Sun Growing Gold ?
When (says a writer in Cassell's "Story of the Heavens,") we witness the terrific disbursement of the sun's heat each hour, we are compelled…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wednesday Morning. French Explode Mine
Soldiers who fought at Orues say that a German battalion advanced in close order 25 abreast. Our 75's and heavy a[?] rained shrapnel and high…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Australian Mining Corps
The first representative unit of Australia, comprising men from all the States, is shortly to leave for special trench work at the front. This is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Submarine War French Mine-sweeper Sunk. London
An Revoir (1958 tons), a French mine-sweeper, has been torpedoed in the Channel. An Australian submarine torpedoed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mine Field. Drifting Southward. Several Hundred Freed. London
It is stated by "The Daily Post's" Stockholm correspondent that a whole minefield of several hundred mines is drifting from the north…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Mine Sweeper Torpedo 'Ed
The British mine-sweeper, An Revoir, has been torpedoed in the Eastern Mediterranean…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Sea. "Full of German Mines." Copenhagen
A Norwegian captain reports that the North Sea is full of German mines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Line. Exploded Three Mines. London
Sir Douglas Haig reports, We exploded three mines eastward of Vermei[?]es, with satisfactory results The artillery on both sides is active about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Coast Mines. Shortage of Men. Sydney
Owing to a large number of the South Coast miners and wheelers having enlisted a shortage of men is being experienced. The coal trade at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Sea. Two Warships Lost. Blown Up by Mines. Destroyer and Torpedo Boat. London
It is announced by the Admiralty that the destroyer Coquette (335 tons), commanded by Lieutenant [?]ere Seymour, and torpedo boat No. 11…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mine Disaster
The British Admiralty announces that the destroyer Coquetts and a torpedo boat struck a mine on the…
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