Colliery Disaster. London, Jan. 22
Owing to the explosion of gas in the Elba colliery, Gowerton, Glamorganshire, seven men were killed and 12 others were injured…
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Owing to the explosion of gas in the Elba colliery, Gowerton, Glamorganshire, seven men were killed and 12 others were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The market remained inactive on Saturday on the Sydney Exchange. The silver section opened quietly, but the dividend declaration by the Proprietary and a favorable report by the North Broken-hill for the past…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →KALGOORLIE, Friday.--December returns: Potosi Consolidated, 2186 tons for 886oz. gold: Hannan's Star, 2421 tons for 1265oz fine gold, and 137oz, fine siver. The Oroya Brown-hill has commenced interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The general manager of the Myalls and Peak Hill gold mines reports forwarding the following cable to London:—"Value of gold won for four weeks, ended December 31, was £1354 Os 8d."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →There were few movements in shares on Saturday morning, all lines remaining steady. at late rates. In copper, Girilambone sold at 2s; in dredging, Araluen Central, paid,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, January 22, 2.45 p.m.—Owing to the explosion of gas in the Elba Colliery, Gowerton, Glamorganshire, seven men were killed and 12 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Seven persons have been killed by an explosion of coal gas at the Elba colliery, Gowerton, Glamorganshire. Twelve others were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Brown has accepted the offer made by the wheelers of the Pelaw Main colliery to resume work, in terms of the compromiss published in Saturday's "Herald." The mine…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sales: South Gympie, 11d; Oriental Surp[?] 2½d, 3d. Quotations: Columbia Smithfield, b 10d. [?] 1s 5d; No. 1 North Columbia Smithfield, b 8½d,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The coal shipped beyond the State during the week ended yesterday amounted toi 36,923 tons, of which 18,104 tons were sent to interstate and New Zealand ports, and 18,819 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Some time ago the Wallaroo Coal Company near Rockhampton supplied the Railway Department with 26 tons of coal from a mine near Tryphinia. The first test was made with…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Beyond the fact that the officers of the Miners' Federation have arranged to meet some of the most prominent of the striking wheelers to-morrow night. there is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No secret is made of the fact that in the cases in which colliery managers have withheld the pay of employees who have caused them trouble in connection with the present strikes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--The Pelaw Main miners' lodge has received a reply from Mr. John Brown refusing to consent to the conditions of the miners in regard to resuming…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Baker's Creek Gold-mining Company's battery resumed crushing with 20 head of stampers on Thursday. In the mine the main shaft chamber is now in position, and part of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Perhaps it is because we are still too close to the days of the old unionism, with its unwritten but stringent laws regarding strikes, and the right of belligerents to expect non-interference,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.--Speaking in the German Reichstag yesterday, Count von Bulow, the Imperial Chancellor, replying to a question raised by a Socialist member…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WEST MATTLAND, Monday.—The district has been rejoiced by the intelligence that Messrs. J. and W. Brown, owners of Pelaw Main Colliery, have notified the [?]ted miners that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The mine manager of Mount David yesterday forwarded the following supplementary report:—"I beg to inform you that the sulphide reef in the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Owing to the explosion of gas in the Elba colliery, Gowerton, Glamorganshire, seven men were killed and 12 others were injured…
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