Mining Disaster. Over a Thousand Lives Lost
A terrible mining disaster is reported from Courrieres, France. A fire, which broke out in a mine at a depth of 700 . fect, led to a terrific explosion at 7 o'clock…
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Mining Rights V. Grazing Rights. Parkes
Owing to the action of the local land board in recommending the curtailment of the common, a public meeting of miners and commoners was held last night, when resolutions…
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Judge Heydon, President of the Arbitration Court, and Messrs. J. P. Wright, and E. Riley (members of the Court) attended in the Probate Court today, when judgment was delivered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken-hill Mine Fires. Position at the Proprietary. the Fire-fighters Baffled
BROKEN-HILL. Tuesday.--There can be no disguising the fact that the present state of affairs in connection with the fire at Block 11 of the Proprietary mine is most serious. The…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatalities and Accidents. Fall of Stone in a Mine. One Man Killed and Another Injured
KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--An accident resulting in the death of a minor named Ben Nicholson and serious injury to his mate, a youta named Charles Boyd, took place at the Oroya…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Mining Disaster. Like a Battlefield. Aid From Germany. London, March 12
A great number of the corpses recovered from the Courrieres Mine, France, are headless. The corpses were blackened, or wore in cinders, and were lying in heaps,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrible Mining Disaster. Twelve Hundred Lives Lost. Scene Like a Battle Field. (By Cable, from Our London Correspondent.)
The most terrible mining disaster for many years has occurred at Courrieres, France, 1219 lives being lost. Recent heavy rains in the north of France…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The members of the Royal Commission-- Messrs. Howitt, Anderson, and Morrison-- appointed to inquire into the conditions prevailing in Victorian collieries had…
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TRUNKEY, Thursday.—Last week Wm. M'Kenzie picked up a fair show on his land; 5oz or 6oz gold has been washed out, among which Were several specimens. One piece is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Broken Hill Proprietary Mine
The fresh outbreak of fire at the Broken Hill Proprietary mine occasions a great deal of concern to investors. The accompanying plan shows where the outbreak started (Figure 4)…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Gold Miner's Chivalry
Eighteen months ago a deserted infant was found by the roadside at Cloughton, a village outside Scarborough (Eng.). The child was taken care of by Mr. John Leadley, a farmer,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Country. Western Miners' Association
LITHGOW, Wednesday.--The Western Miners' Association has cases against two members for alleged arrears, and it is expected that these will be heard before the Arbitration Court on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barrier Mines. Broken Hill
The winze at the 515ft level of Block 10 has been sunk in crushed ground another 7½ft, making a total depth of 38ft. The material assays 7.3oz silver, 13 per cent. lead, and 19…
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A disposition is shown to attribute the rising tendency in prices to the unprecediently large output of gold in recent years. But the importance attached to the increasing yield of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Disaster. Men Still Alive. in Remote Galleries of the Mine. London, Wednesday, 3.20 p.m
Engineers assert that men are still alive in the remote galleries of the Courrieres mine, France, but that falls from the roof of the mine impede searching operations…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Coal-lumpers' Dispute. Arbitration Court Judgment
Reviewing the case of ex parte Brown, his Honour Judge Heydon said it appeared clearly to decide that a dispute must in the first place be between an employer and the persons who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Coal Lumpers' Dispute. Judgment As to Jurisdiction
The President of the Court of Arbitration, Judge Heydon, and Messrs. J. P. Wright and E. Riley, members of the court, attended at the Probate Court yesterday, and delivered…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Major Hawker Inquiry. the Coal Question. Senator Styles Offended
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Further evidence was taken by the inquiry Board to-day on the charge that Major Hawker took coal specially intended for the men in barracks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Africa. Speculative Gold Shares. Steady Depreciation in Prices
LONDON, Wednesday.--In reply to a question In the House of Lords yesterday, Lord Elgin (Secretary of State for the Colonies) said that shares in the Transvaal gold mines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mining Disaster. Socialist Harangues. London, March 13
The Westphalian miners who, at the Instance of the German Emperor, were sent to Courrieres were enabled by using respiratory apparatus to recover 100 bodies…
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