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LITHGOW, Saturday.--The western miners' annual demonstration and sports came off today. Shortly after 10 a.m., a procession, headed by the Bathurst District Brass Band and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →KATOOMBA, Sunday.-- A subscrption list was opened to day on behalf of the miners' wives and children who, owing to their fathers and husbands having gone in search of work, are…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →One hundred and sixty-one bodies have now been recovered from the colliesy at Newport, in South Wales, the scene of the terrible explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Western Miners held their fourth annual demonstration on Saturday last at Lithgow to celebrate the formation of their union, which is known as the Western…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mount Morgan Chronicle says the acting manager of the Mount Morgan works informs them that the western drive from the crosscut off the freehold tunnel is in a distance of 141ft. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The sports in connection with the Miners' Annual Demonstration came off to-day. The weather was fine, but somowhat close and su[?]try. The attendance was fairly good. A procession, headed by the Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A shocking accident occurred yesterday at the Great Southern Garden Gulley mine, Sandhurst. One of the shafts caught fire, and James Richards, mining…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The scenes at the month of the Abersychan Colliery, Newport, where the terrible disaster occurred, are simply agonising. The rescuing parties have worked gallantly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday Night.--Up to the present 160 bodies have been recovered from the Abesychan colliery, near Newport, South Wales. The recovery of the bodies of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—For some time past the above has received more attention than usual at the hands of the press, but it is strange that in all the articles and correspondence which have appeared, the principal causes of all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No less than 176 bodies have now been brought to the surface from the Abesychan colliery, Newport, and it is anticipated that more will yet be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →James Richards, mine manager of the Great Southern Gold-mining Company, Sandhurst, met a terrible death yesterday. On Friday No. 6 shaft, which is 400ft. deep, was found to be on fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →'Well,' said the old man,'it isn't often that a real life tragedy gets such a stage setting.' And then the talk drifted to Mountain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Advertisements intended for the Summary number should be lodged at the Head Office, Hunter-street, or at the Branch Office, King-street, by 5 p.m. on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An extraordinary meeting of the Lankelly Mining Company, Limited, was held yesterday. Mr. J. B. Rundle presided. It was resolved to accept Mr. C. P. Richards' offer to remove 10…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, February 10.—Two hundred and fifty-six pounds of gold from Irkutsk, Siberia, has been received at St. Petersburg. [A pond, or pood, is equal to thirty-six English…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Monday. --The fire in the shaft at the Great Southern Lease mine, Sandhurst, has broken out afresh, and there is now no chance of getting out the body of J. Richards…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The water in Block 10 shaft is rapidly decreasing. The manager says that the work of putting in an opening set of timber will shortly bo possible. The main shaft of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The body of the mine manager, Richards, has not yet been discovered in the Great Southern Shaft, Sandhurst. The search continues, but there are many…
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