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Mining & the mines, 1906

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Jambed by a Fall of Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 6

PERTH (W.A.), Monday.--Two miners, A. Galloway and E. Reeves, had their legs jambed by a fall of coal at the Co-operative Collieries, Collie. Galloway's left leg was fractured…

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Broken Hill Mine Fires. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 8

Almost normal conditions prevailed on the Proprietary mine to-day, where [?]95 men went underground last night, and 465 this afternoon. Very few of these men were engaged…

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American Coal Strike. Sufficient Coal for Two Months. London, Monday. 3.30 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 1

The American railways have sufficient coot for two months. [Over half a million miners of anthracite coal have struck in the United States. The…

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Mining in the State. Wolumla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 9

Mining matters are almost at a standstill on the local goldfield, ponding the completion of amalgamation and reconstruction of the Nancy Lee Company and North Pacific. The…

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American Miners' Strike. Half a Million Out. London, April 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 7

Over half a million miners of anthracite coal have struck in the United States. The Mine Workers' Union permits engineers, firemen, and pumpmen to remain at…

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The Mining Disaster. Many Bodies Recovered. Only One Day Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A live horse has been found in the second pit at the Courrieres mine, in addition to the bodies of several miners, who had only been…

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The Coal Strike. Serious Crisis in America. Half a Million Hands Out. Considerate Unionist Rules

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--Over half a million anthracite miners have struck work in the United States of America. The union permits engineers, firemen, and…

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ARBITRATION. (Before Judge Heydon, President, and Messrs. Wright and Riley, members.) the Coal-lumpers' Award

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 8

Argument was continued in the matter of the application by the Southern Collier-owners' and Stevedores' Association for the making of the award in the Coal-lumpers' case a common rule…

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An Awful Death. the Courrieres Disaster. Many Miners Lived Several Days. London, Monday, 3.30 p.m

The Australian Star · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 1

Explorers engaged in rescue work in connection with the Courrieres mining catastrophe in France estimate that one hundred and fifty of the entombed miners lived for…

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Arbitration Court. Before the President, Judge Heydon, and the members, Messrs. Wright and Riley.) Common Rule Application. the Coal Lumpers' Award

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 4

Mr. Kelynack and Mr. Pitt, instructed by Messrs. Curtiss and Barry, appeared for the respondent association (the Stevedores' Association) in support of an application for the…

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The Coal Mine Horror. Entombed Miners Starve to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The engineers engaged in exploring the Courrieres mine (France) estimate that 150 of the entombed minors lived for several day after…

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The Great Coal Strike. Eleven Collieries' Give In

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The United States railroad companies are said to have stored sufficient coal, in view of the threatened strike, to last them for two…

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American Miners' Strike. Eleven Collieries Surrender. London, April 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 9

The railway companies in the United States have sufficient coal to last for two months. April 3…

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Colliery Employees' Federation. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 10

The committee of management of the Colliery Employees' Federation held a meeting at the Trades Hall to-day The president (Mr. Peter Bowling) occupied the chair. The…

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Gold Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 10

The gold export during March was 35,281oz, of the value of £143,339, making the total for three months 129,093oz, valued at £59, as compared with £123,957oz, valued at £500,189,…

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Case of the Co-operative Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The committee of management of the Northern Miners' Federation met to-day, when the action of the management of the Co-operative Colliery in giving the…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 23

The fifth annual report of the Miners' Accident Relief Board, which was on Thursday presented to the N.S.W. Minister for Mines by the Chairman (Mr. J. L. Pegan), shows that on December…

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Barrier Mines. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 11

The Block 14 mill last week treated 1443 tons of crudes for 207.7 tons of concentrates, worth 64.4 per cent, lead, 27.5oz silver, and 6.4 per cent. zinc…

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The Miner. Southern Coal Trade

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 23

A new industrial agreement has been drawn up by the Southern Colliery Proprietors' Association and representatives of the employees The following is the text of the agreement:—…

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Entombed Miners. (By Cable From Our London Correspondent.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 18

Thirteen more miners from the Courrleres Mine, where a great explosion occurred on March 10, leading to the death of over 1000 men, have been rescued. They ate the bodies…

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