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Mining & the mines, 1945

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No Hope for Miners Rescuers Sink New Shaft to Recover Bodies

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 9

IPSWICH, Friday.-- Although authorities are convinced there is now no hope for the four miners entombed at Hew Ebbw Vale No. 3 Colliery, near Ipswich, weary rescue squads are…

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No Hope for Miners Rescuers Sink New Shaft to Recover Bodies

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 9

IPSWICH, Friday.-- Although authorities are convinced there is now no hope for the four miners entombed at New Ebbw Yale No. 3 Colliery, near Ipswich, weary rescue squads are…

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No Hope for Miners Rescuers Sink New Shaft to Recover Bodies

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 9

IPSWICH, Friday.-- Although authorities are convinced there is now no hope for the four miners entombed at New Ebbw Vale No. 3 Colliery, near Ipswich, weary rescue squads are…

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Falls Hamper Colliery Rescue Squad

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.—Squads trying to recover the bodies of four entombed miners at New Ebbw Vale No. 3 colliery worked…

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Newcastle Coal Loss

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 6

Newcastle Coal Mining Co. Ltd. incurred a loss of £980 for the halfyear ended December 31,. compared withi a profit of £159 for the previous…

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More Beer, Less Coal

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 5

ALTHOUGH Mr. Forde has granted an increase in beer, totalling 4056 gallons a month for the Northern NSW…

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No Hope for Trapped Miners

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 15

BRISBANE, Friday. -- Hope of finding alive four trapped miners has been abandoned. The men were entombed at New…

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£980 Loss for Newcastle Coal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 17

A loss of £980 was sustained by Newcastle Coal Mining Co., Ltd., for the half-year ended December 31, compared with a profit of £159 for the previous…

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Mine Manager Appeals Court Conviction Quashed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1945 · page 5

NBWCASTLE, Friday.—Peter Brownlee, manager of Lambton colliery, successfully appealed at Newcastle Quarter Session[?]…

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Fight to Reach Buried Miners

Truth · Sunday 4 February 1945 · page 20

BRISBANE, Saturday.—After much frustrated effort by miners to recover the four men entombed at New Ebbw Vale No. 3 Colliery, at…

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A dead chicken set off no mines

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1945 · page 10

US Army authorities in France and Luxemburg, to protect the civilian population, had issued orders that soldiers must not…

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Federation claim: National mines can be safer

The Sun · Sunday 4 February 1945 · page 2

"Complete nationalisation of mines must be hastened, because it means safer mines," declared…

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1000 Miners Offer to Dig for Buried Men

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 February 1945 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sat. -- Nearly all the 1000 miners in the Ipswich coal district have volunteered to spend the weekend digging for four miners entombed in Woodend mine tunnel…

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3 Bodies From Mine

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--The bodies of three of four men entombed by an explosion at the Ebbw Vale No. 3…

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Mine Rescuers' Grim Discoveries

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

IPSWICH (Q.), Monday.--The bodies of three of the four miners entombed in the New Ebbw Vale colliery after an explosion last Thursday morning were recovered at the week…

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Mine Rescuers' Grim Discoveries

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

IPSWICH (Q.), Monday.--The bodies of three of the four miners entombed in the New Ebbw Vale colliery after an explosion last Thursday morning were recovered at the…

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Bodies of Three Miners Recovered

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

IPSWICH (Q.), Monday.--The bodies of three of the four miners entombed in the New Ebbw Vale colliery after an explosion last…

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One Body Taken From Mine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.—One rescue worker was overcome by foul air and had to be brought to the surface to-day, when the search for the four…

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Bodies of Three Miners Recovered

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

IPSWICH (Q.), Monday.--The bodies of three of the four miners entombed in the New Ebbw Vale colliery after an explosion last…

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Tribute Paid to Entombed Miners

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 5

Delegates to the annual meeting of the Miners' Federation Central Council will observe two minutes' silence before opening proceedings today…

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