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Mining & the mines, 1945

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Coal Position Still Affects Railway Services No Restoration Yet

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.: Indications are that there will be no restoration of railway services or sleeping cars in N.S.W. until the…

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U.s. News State of Emergency Declared Int New York Food and Coal Shortage

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 February 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tuesday (A.A.P.): Governor Dewey has declared a state of emergency in New York State…

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Idle Mines

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Seven collieries are idle throughout the State to-day, resulting in a production loss of 55[?]0 tons of coast…

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History of the Adelong Gold-fields

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 1

Mention of the Perseverance Battery brings along with it a train of thought of the immense numbers of plants that operated…

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No Hope For Entombed Miners

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: Hope has now been abandoned for the recovery alive of the four miners who wore yesterday entombed by an explosion at Ebbe…

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Wonthaggi Miners Causes of Absenteeism

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Accidents, sickness and fatigue were responsible for much of the absenteeism at Wonthaggi mines,…

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Entombed Miners Believed to Be Dead

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thurs.: Those who are working to rescue the four miners entombed in a colliery war Ipswich are of the opinion that…

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May Revolutionise Mining Industry

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 5

Experiments in combating the dust menace in coal mines, conducted at Coaleliff over the last six months have been so successful that the…

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Men Entombed in Queensland Mine Remote Hope of Rescue

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thurs.: Since 7.30 this morning four men have been entombed in a colliery near Ipswich, following an explosion, and…

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Idle Mines

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Pour mines were idle on the N.S.W. coalfields to-day, and another partly idle. The coal production loss for the…

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Queensland Mine Disaster Entombed Men Rescue Efforts Continue

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 6

IPSWICH, Friday: Although rescue workers are still battling against the treacherous falling earth, no hopes are held out for…

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Entombed' Miners Mates Continue Rescue Work

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

IPSWICH, Sunday: Although all hope of recovering alive the four men who nave been entombed in a colliery since early on…

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Bodies of Miners Recovered BRISBANE

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

The bodies of three of the four miners who were entombed in a mine in Woodend, near Ipswich, Queensland, on Friday have…

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Two More Bodies Recovered Queensland Mine Disaster

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday: With the recovery this morning of two more bodies, only one of four miners entombed in the Ebbw…

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Ipswich Mining Disaster Three Bodies Recovered

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

Three bodies have now been recovered from Ebbenvale No. 3 colliery near Ipswich, where four miners were entombed as a result of an explosion…

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Last Body Recovered From Mine

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 3

IPSWICH (Qld.), Tuesday:—The body of Arthur Keidge. aged 50, married, of North Ipswich, was recovered from the Ebbw Vale…

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Mining Industry Contribution to War Effort

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 February 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: The Minister for Mines (Mr. Baddeley) revealed to-day figures which he said, showed the mining industry's…

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History of the Adelong Goldfields Article 31

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 3

Notwithstanding the comparatively large number of instalments of this story that have appeared so far, I seem to be like the Irishman pushing the…

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Dangerous Mine 61 Men to Be Dismissed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: Owing to "creep" which has appeared In the ground surface at Polton Colliery, on the northern coalfields,…

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Miners and P.m. Meet Today

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: There is little likelihood of the miners getting any concessions from the Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, when they sec him today…

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