Mining Accident. Bursting of a Steam-pipe. MELBOURNE
An alarming mining accident occurred at Ballarat this morning at the Sir Henry Loch mine. Shifts were being changed, when a' steam-pipe connected with the engine…
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The Eclipse Collier[?] Flooded. Seven of the Miners Drowned. Marvellous Escape of Three Men
IPSWICH, Saturday, 3 p.m. --A dreadful colliery disaster--the worst fatality that has yet happened in connection with the floods --occurred about noon to-day, resulting in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Floods in Queensland. Ipswich Under Water. Houses and Public Buildings Submerged. Four Children Drowned. People Fleeing for Life. a Mine Flooded. Seven Miners Drowned. a Lunatic Asylum in Peril. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Toowoomba
We have been cut-off from Brisbane since Friday afternoon, and have had no news from there of any sort. The following telegrams received from Ipswish yesterday give all particulars to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Floods in Queensland. Towns Submerged. Loss of Lives and Property. Hundreds of Families Homeless. People Fleeing Foe THEiR Lives. Railway Washaways. the Flooded Colliery. Names of the Victims
IPSWICH, Monday,—As a result o£ the recent incessant rains the greatest flood ever known in the history of the town is being experienced. The railway station is almost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Affairs. the Australian Agricultural Co. The Mercantile Bank. State of the Stock Market. Broken Hill Sharies--Australian Gold Saving Co.--Reported Resignation of Lord Hopetoun--The Gradu- ated Income Tax--Cable to New Caledonia. LONDON, February 4
The Australian Agricultural Co. has declared a dividend of 27s. per share. The British shareholders in the Mercantile Bank of Australia have declined to pay…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Flood in Queensland. Bundamba, Ipswich, and Goodna Under Water Churches and Other Buildings Submerged. People Fleeing to the Hills. the Brisbane Railway Blocked. Seven Men Drowned in a Submerged Mine. Four of a Family Drowned. Enormous Destruction of Property. the Highest Flood on Record
TOOWOOMBA, Sunday, 1 p.m.--Communication has been cut off from Brisbane since Friday afternoon, and no news is to hand from the capital of any sort. The following…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Clifton Collieries. the Reduction in Hewing Rate
CLIFTON, Tuesday.-Notice of a reduction in the hewing price of coal has been posted at the Metropolitan Company's mine. The proposed redaction varies from 3d per ton to 6d per ton for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Clifton Collieries. Reduction in the Hewing Rates. Clifton
Notice of a reduction in the hewing price of coal was posted at the Metropolitan Company's mine on Saturday last. The proposed reduction varies from 3d per ton to 6d per ton for hewing screened coal,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Mining Accident
MELBOURNE, Monday.--A sensational accident occurred at the Sir Henry Loch mine, at Redan, near Ballarat, this morning, when a steampipe connected with the winding…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bulli Pass Coal and Coke Company
The ordinary meeting of shareholders in the Bulli Pass Coal and Coke Company was held at the office, 131 Pitt-street, yesterday afternoon, Mr. T. W. Garlick, chairman of…
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A serious accident happened about 7 o'clock this morning at the Sir Henry Loch mine, Ballarat. While a cage laden with quartz was being brought up the shaft, which is 1600ft. deep, the steam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Metropolitan Coal Co. Proposed Reduction in the Hewing Rate
For a considerable time past there has been keen competition between the southern collieries to secure a share in the trade, which has contracted so much of late years,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Intelligence. True Blue G.m. Co
Mine manager reports under date February 4:--"Banked 196oz. gold from 173 tons (tables only), Forwarding blanketings to Maryborough for treatment."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. True Blue Mining Company
LONDON, Monday.--The Financial Times censures the management of the True Blue Mining Company of Queensland, and says that the directors misled…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian Affairs. an Australian Athletic Team. True Blue Gold-mining Company. The Directors Censured. The Wheat Market--Broken Hill Proprietary Shares. LONDON, February 6
Mr. Wilson, who is connected with the Victorian Amateur Athletic Association, recommends the selection of an Australian team of athletes to take part in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Floods. Terrible Scenes. Towns Submerged. Many Lives Lost. Enormous Losses. News from Brisbane. Victoria Bridge Down. The City in a Deplorable Condition. Gold Mines at Gympie Flooded
Advices from the flooded districts show that the disasters are very much more widespread than was anticipated, and the loss of life reported is considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Edition the Welsh Miners. Proposed Reduction in Wages. London, February 6
The Welsh coal-miners have renewed the proposal to the employers to accept portion of the reduction in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining Accident. Bursting of a Steam-pipe. MELBOURNE
An alarming mining accident occurred at Ballarat this morning at the Sir Henry Loch mine. Shifts were being changed, when a steam-pipe connected with the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Extensite Jewellery Robbery. Whose Was the Gold? the Burglary at Wiesener's Shop. Arrest of the Burglar. the Mint Incident Solved
It Trill be remembered that on the night of October 30 of last year the jewellery shop of Theodore Wiesener, at 334 George-street, Sydney, was broken into by burglars. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mining
A sample taken out of the lode formation of the south-east underlie at the Lubra Goldmine yielded 49oz. 19dwt. 14gr. silverper ton, and 58 per cent, of lead…
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