Colliery Explosions. to the Editor of the Herald
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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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 11
In connection with the melanchely disaster at Bulli, the members of therelief parties who have displayed much bravery and haroism in recovering the bodies of those who have perished deserve the thanks and gratitude of the sorrowing…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Footlight Flashes. Thespis to the Rescue. The Good Samaritans of the Stage. New PERFORMANCES - FAUST - the Nantwiches—belisario Benefits: the Bulli Mine Widows and Orphans—wainratta—ida Heath
Referee · Thursday 31 March 1887 · page 5
"Immediate are my needs; and my relief Diust not be tossed and turned to me in words, But find supply immediate."…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 April 1887 · page 7
Among the factors which have tended to the development of Californian mining enterprise, and by which miners in this colony might profit is the employment of improved [?]hing…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 April 1887 · page 4
In the course of a series of articles published sonic time ago in The Daily Telegraph reference was emphatically made to the dangers that beset coal…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 April 1887 · page 5
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.) BULLI, Tuesday.-- The inquest commencing the [?] was [?] morning at the [?] Mr. O'Maley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rich Discovery of Gold in Alaska. London, March 30
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 April 1887 · page 7
A rich discovery of gold has been made on the Yncan. River, near Alaska, in North America…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Mining Laws. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 April 1887 · page 8
Sir,—It is amusing to read in your wisely condensed Parliamentary report of the comical efforts of our "collective wisdom" to reform the mining laws, which are beyoud cavil the most defective of any of the gold-producing colonies…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Croydon Goldfield. (By Telegraph.)
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 April 1887 · page 4
BRISBANE, Thursday.--A reporter has Had a lengthy interview with an experienced digger just returned from the Croydon Goldfield. The narrative of this latter points to…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 April 1887 · page 5
ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The discovery of a fresh goldfield is reported at Teetulpa by Dalton, a well-known reefer and prospector. The locality has not been publicly divulged,…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 24
Toward the close of last year, when investigations were going on in England for the purpose of ascertaing the cause of some recent mining fatalities, Messrs. W. N. and J. B. Atkinson, who have had…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 14
In the latest issue of GOOD WORLD appeared the following interesting article:— "She's fired!" Of all the cries which a sense of sudden peril wrings from men there is surely…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 683
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…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 700
The grief which overcame the community when first the startling intelligence was made known that upwards of 80 miners had lost their lives in a colliery explosion at Bulli has not yet been removed. It is stOl the subject…
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The Protestant Standard · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 6
The Bulli colliery disaster has thrilled the whole of Australia with intense sympathy. The firedamp sacrificed all within the mine ; 81 bodies have been brought out, and there…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 7
With reference to the coal production of the United States, which last year reached an estimated total of 107,136,000 tons, the Mining Journal remarks:--"One of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bulli Colliery Disaster. Public Meeting in Leichhardt
Balmain Observer and Western Suburbs Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 2
A public meeting of the residents was held in the School-room of All Soul's Church, Marion-street, on Thursday evening, to sympathise with the sufferers in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipping Coal in Port Jackson
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 9
Messrs Garrett and M'Millan. Ms. P. and Gresley Lakin and [?] directors of the Cumberland Coal-mining Company, waited on the Minister for Works yesterday to ask that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Bulli Colliery Disaster.—sketches by Our Special Artist
The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 702
1. Identifying and Preparing Bodies for Burial. 2. Spreading the News of the Disaster. 3. General View of the Mine: The Entrance to the Tit is at the rear of the Buildings on the left of the Picture. 4. Conveying the Dead from the Mine to the Temporary Morgue. 5. Scene at the Mouth of the Pit on the Return of the First Search Party, without a ray of hope. 6. Bringing the Dead out of the Mine, 7. One of the many Funerals…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 2 April 1887 · page 718
Cosh and party, who are working on Mr. Cadell's land, placed 30oz. of gold at the bank this week, the result of a washing-up. It is estimated that it gave about 7dwt. per load. In the old days we often heard, of nuggets of gold…
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