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Mining & the mines, 1953

2,937 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 147

Homes Wrecked in Mine Collapse

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 3

Three people were hurt and 10 homes wrecked when earth…

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Homes Wrecked in Mine Collapse

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 3

Three people were hurt and 10 homes wrecked when earth…

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Homes Wrecked in Mine Collapse

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 3

Three people were hunt and 10 homes wrecked when earth…

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Homes Wrecked in Mine Collapse

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 3

Three people were hurt and 10 homes wrecked when earth…

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Homes Wrecked in Mine Collapse

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 3

Three People were hurt and 10 homes wrecked when earth…

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Homes Wrecked in Mine Collapse

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 3

Three people were hurt and 10 homes wrecked when earth…

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House Endangered When Mine Subsides at Kurri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

A huge crevice running under the back portion of Mr. W. Wyborn's house in Wallsend Street, Pelaw Ma[?] (near Kurri), yesterday after 12 acres of land had subsided into the workings of an old mine. The house and foundations were badly damaged. (Other Pictures, Page 3)…

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Ten Houses Wrecked Mine Workings Caved In

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. — Ten miners' homes were wrecked by a cave-in of mine workings under the township of Pelaw…

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Cave-in at Pelaw Mine May Extend

The Sun · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 2

CESSNOCK, Monday.--Fears are held of extension of the mine workings cave-in that wrecked 10 homes at Pelaw Main, near Kurri, yesterday…

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Mine Subsidence Wrecks Homes People flee as ground opens

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 3

CESSNOCK, Sun. -- Houses at Pelaw Main today crashed several feet into a deep fissure which opened in Wallsend Street when the earth over old mine-shafts subsided…

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Miners seek damages

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 7

The Social Welfare Department has asked the Federal Government for Nissen huts…

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Three Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. --Three mines owned by the B.H.P. company were the only ones idle on the…

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Three Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-- Three mines owned by the B.H.P. company were the only ones idle on the…

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Three Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. --Three mines owned by the B.H.P. company were the only ones idle on the…

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Three Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. --Three mines owned by the B.H.P. company were the only ones idle on the…

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Three Mines Idle

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. --Three mines owned by the B.H.P. company were the only ones idle on the…

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Gold in Crash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 8

DACCA (Pakistan) (A.P.).-- There were 615 ounces of gold in the Pakistani Orient Airways'…

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Gold in Crash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 8

DACCA (Pakistan) (A.P.).-- There were 615 ounces of gold in the Pakistani Orient Airways'…

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Bulldozers To Fill Mine Subsidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Monday. — Bulldozers are to fill in the Pelaw Main subsidence, in which 10 miners' homes were wrecked yesterday…

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Collieries Idle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 33

NEWCASTLE, Wed. -- Five pits are idle on the northern field today for a production loss of almost…

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