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Mining & the mines, 1945

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Rescue Efforts at Ipswich Mine

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

Above: A general view of the New Ebbw Vale No. 3 Colliery, Woodend, where four men were trapped after an explosion last Thursday. Men are shown entering the pithead. The dressing shed at the top right was damaged by the explosion…

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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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France Short of Food, Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 1

PARIS, Feb. 4 (A.A.P.).— France had only a 24 hours' Stock of food, coal, and other essentials, the French Minister…

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One Body Recovered From Wrecked Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- The body of the first of four miners buried by an explosion at Ebbw Vale No. 3 Colliery on Thursday was recovered at 6 a.m. today. The other three bodies are…

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16 Killed When Mine Cage Crashes

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 6

MONTREAL, Monday.--The recovery of eight more bodies in the twisted steel cage at the Paymaster mine brought to 16 the deathroll in the worst…

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16 Killed When Mine Cage Crashes

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 6

MONTREAL, Monday.-The recovery of eight more bodies in the twisted steel cage at the Paymaster mine brought to 16 the deathroll in the worst…

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Cracks In Street Of Mine Town

The Sun · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 2

Cracks in the ground three inches wide have appeared on the surface of Pelton Colliery…

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Rescuers Reach Three Buried Miners' Bodies

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 11

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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16 Killed When Mine Cage Crashes

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 6

MONTREAL, Monday.-The recovery of eight more bodies in the twisted steel cage at the Paymaster mine brought to 16 the dethhroll in the worst…

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16 Killed When Mine Cage Crashes

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 6

MONTREAL, Monday.--The recovery of eight more bodies in the twisted steel cage at the Paymaster mine brought to 16 the deathroll in the worst…

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American Trends General Coal Strike Threatened

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sunday. -- A nation-wide coal strike on April 1 is feared. Despite America's desperate…

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Germans Will Be Defeated By Shortage Of Coal

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 10

LONDON, Monday.--Swedes returning to Stockholm from all parts of Germany believe Nazi defeat is certain, if only because of the shortage of coal…

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Germans Will Be Defeated By Shortage Of Coal

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 10

LONDON, Monday.--Swedes returning to Stockholm from all parts of Germany believe Nazi defeat is certain, if only because of the shortage of coal…

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Mines Off Swedish Coasts. 3235 Dealt With In Five Years

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 3

During the first five years of the war, from September, 1939, to the end of August, 1944, the Swedish naval authorities…

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Newcastle Coal Mining Co. Loss For Half-Year

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

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

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Miners' Council Annual Meeting

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 3

THE Central Council of the Miners' Federation, having discussed preliminary matters yesterday, will continue today what leaders regard as…

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Important Conference of Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 3

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation, having discussed pr limitary m tters yesterday, will continue today…

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Important Conference of Miners

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 3

The Central Council of the Miners' Federation, having discussed preliminary matters yesterday, will continue today…

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Japs Aim at Chinese Mines

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 2

CHUNGKING. Tuesday. -- Japanese forces, driving east from Kukong, are advancing steadily and are now threatening the…

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Less Ore Treated, Gold Profit Falls

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1945 · page 12

Profit of Boulder Perseverance for 1943 was £18,860, as compared with £49,328 for the previous year. Dividend was reduced from 25 per…

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