The Bulli Colliery Disaster. Eighty-three Bodies Recovered. Funeral of the Victims. Shocking Scenes at the Graves. Opinions As to the Cause of the Disaster. Relief for the Sufferers
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1887 · page 5
On the Legislative Assembly meeting yesterday afternoon, Sir Henry Parkes said :--I assume that hon. members feel a melancholy interest in the latest news of the disaster at…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1887 · page 5
BULLI, Sunday.--Bulli this morning presents a scene of quiet serenity, which is in strong contrast with the bustle an excitement that have reigned during the past three days. The…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1887 · page 7
The Phœbe Gold-mining Company, Northern Queensland, has been registered with a capital of £40,000…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1887 · page 7
The statement telegraphed early on Saturday morning that 85 bodies had been brought out of the pit turned out to be inaccurate, and when the search parties ceased working the total number of bodies recovered had reached 81. This…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1887 · page 7
Concerning the goldfields in British North Borneo, with reference to which considerable curiosity has been excited, we now Iearn that the Governor of that territory discourages to…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1887 · page 5
The terrible disaster at Bulli has surrounded the general question of colliery explosions with a vivid interest. What is their nature? How are they caused? What are their effects? These are questions which at…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1887 · page 5
The Minister for Mines returned to town from Bulli on Saturday and was engaged during yesterday at his office. By the morning mail Mr. Abigail received a letter from the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1887 · page 7
On March 15, 2828oz. gold from Mount Morgan was banked in this city, and on the 21st, 3048oz. more. The gold is worth £4 4s. per oz., which gives a total value of £25,000…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1887 · page 5
ADELAIDE, Monday.--The half-yearly meeting of the Moonta Mines Company was held to-day. The profit on the half-year's workings was £2000, and in view of the depressed state…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1887 · page 4
A public meeting, convened by the Mayor of Sydney in compliance with a requisition signed by his Excellency the Governor, his Honor the Chief Justice, and other distinguished citizens, was held last night in the vestibule of the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 March 1887 · page 4
At a general meeting of the Bulli miners, held here to-day, which was open to the public, Mr. Nicholson, the miners' general secretary, intimated that he had interviewed Mr. Ross, manager of the Bulli Colliery, and requested…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 March 1887 · page 5
His Excellency the Governor leaves by special train at 8 o'clock this morning for Bulli. He will travel by train as far as Waterfall and will proceed on by carriage. His Excellency…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1887 · page 11
Last evening a well-attended meeting of the inhabitants of North Willoughby was held in the local School of Arts for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the sufferers by the recent colliery explosion at Bulli, and taking…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 March 1887 · page 7
The works of the company which is carrying on the Parnell pyrites process are situated at Pyrmont on a convenient site close to the shore of Darling Harbor. Yesterday a representative…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 4
The most appalling mining disaster that has occurred in the history of Australia took place at the Bulli coal mine, in the Illawarra district, on Wednesday, the 23rd March. The terrible catastrophe has resulted in the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 9
The North Cornish Gold-mining Company, Northern Queensland, has been withdrawn from the market…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 4
News from the various mining centres has been abnormally dull of late in respect to fresh finds or the development of particular operations. Work at the various fields is being steadily continued, with more or…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 5
BULLI, Wednesday.--The inquiry into the circumstances attending the deaths of men and boys killed in the Bulli colliery explosion was commenced this morning in the [?]…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 7
The following quotations were received in the mining market yesterday:—Nevada silver, 5d.; Sunny Corner silver, 7s. 9d.; Central Broken Hill silver, paid-up, 6s. 6d., Band and Albion, 69s., 68s. The afternoon sales…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 11
Sir,—Kindly permit me to state a few facts relative to above, gathered from English coal districts. After cessation from work in any coal mine, be it from [?]kes or any other cause, there should be a most rigid regulation carried…
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