Coal Export Trade
The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house yesterday:—Hermonlo, Italian barque, for Antofagasta, with 1533 tons of coal; Vittoria, s, for Shanghai, via Port…
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Miners' Accident Relief Funds
BROKEN- HILL, Sunday.--At a meeting of the A. M. A. Investigation committee, held the other evening, it was resolved that the various mines committees be approached with a view to…
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BROKEN- HILL, Sunday.--Operations of the Junction mine were suspended temporarily to-day at tho 490ft. level to allow the men to repair the M'lntyre shaft. Directly this is…
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Araluen Central, No. 1, 51oz 9dwt for 136 hours. Araluen Central, No. 2, 39oz 8dwt for 123 hours. Araluen Redbank, 23oz 19dwt for 121 hours. Buckland River South Extended, 7oz for 100 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mining Disaster. Over a Thousand Lives Lost. a Colliery on Fire, Four Hundred Rescued. London, March. 11
A[?]terrible mining disaster is reported from Courrieres, France. A fire, which broke out in a mine nt a depth of 700 feet, led to a terrific explosion at 7 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Barrier Mines. Broken Hill
Work on several of the smaller mines has been progressing steadily. On the Globe a new boiler has been bedded, and the erection of the rest of the plant is proceeding…
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The China Navigation Company's steamer Taiyuan, which leaves Sydney at 4 p.m. today for Manila, China, and Japan, via ports, has stowed in her strong-room 6 boxes of gold,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Cable News. Received This Morning. Terrible Disaster. Coal Mine on Fire. Twelve Hundred Lives Lost. Awful Scenes
LONDON, Sunday, 7.15 p.m.—The most terrible mining disaster for many years has occurred at Courrieres, France, 1219 lives being lost…
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BROKEN HILL, Monday.—The Proprietary Mine fire at the 400ft level, spread badly last night, and extended to M'Bryde's shaft, a good way south. All the men who went…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmanian Mining. Launceston
Rain fell on Thursday and Friday, and during last night the downpour was very heavy, giving increased supplies to the various mines, which in some cases were seriously hampered in their…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Miners' Eight-hours Bill. London, March 9
The promoters of the Miners' Eight-Hours Bill propose that a nine-hours' day shall come into force immediately; an eight-and-a-half-hours' day in 1907; and an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Eight Hours for the Miners. a Gradual Concession
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The promoters of the Miners Eight hour Bill propose that a nine-hours day should come into force Immediately; an eight- and- a- half- hour day in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Water Rights. Farmers Versus Miners. Empty Threats. Melbourne
Farmers and miners at Woolpress Creek, near Baddaginnie, are at variance regarding water. The farmers are said to have diverted it for irrigation, but the miners have been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Broken Hill Mine Fires. Satisfactory Operations. Broken Hill
The position in regard to the fire in the Proprietary mine has, according to the general manager, Mr. Delprat, somewhat improved. Yesterday the men working at the 300ft…
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The Talmalmo Tin Company is hurrying along with the erection of its dredging plant. Mr. A. H. McEachern has taken up Gang-Gang Flat and intends to prospect it thoroughly…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Appalling Mining Disaster. Nearly Two Thousand Miners Entombed. One Thousand Two Hundred Lives Lost. Over Five Hundred Rescued. London, Sunday, 7.15 p.m
The latest particulars respecting the appalling mining disaster at Courrieres, France, show that 591 of the entombed miners were rescued and 1219 asphyxiated or crushed to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rich Find of Gold. at the Craiglea Field
BATHURST, Monday,—A report from the Craiglea goldfield gives, Information of another rich and about two miles north of the Craiglea Mine by Messrs. W. M'Kenzie and sons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appalling Disaster. Ere in French Mines. a Terrific Explosion. Thousands of Casualties. Heartrending Scenes at Pitmouths
LONDON', Sunday.--A fire which broke out at a depth of 700ft, led to a terrific explosion in the Couriers coal mines, in the north- east of France, at 7 o'clock on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Coal Miners. Demands Refused. London, March 12
The demands of the men for a readjustment of wages and better conditions on the anthracite fields of the United States have been rejected by the colliery proprietors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Disaster in France. Facts of Interest About the Courrieres Collieries. Precautions That Failed
The Courrieres Collieries, at which he disastrous fire and explosion recently occurred, are located at the small town of Courrieres, in the department of the Pas-de-Calais. The town is…
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