A VERY large gathering was held in the new Masonic Hall to-night to hear an address on Federation by Mr. Barton. Mr. Harris (the Mayor) presided, and among others on the ...
Article : 1,503 wordsA DEPUTATION comprising Messrs. W. T. Dick, J. Gillies, and J. Thomson, Ms.P., Aldermen Kidd (Mayor), Smith, and Asher, of Newcastle, waited upon the Minister for ...
Article : 1,305 wordsANOTHER day and night have passed during which the search parties have been vigorously prosecuting the quest for the remaining bodies of those who succumbed to the ...
Article : 340 wordsAt noon yesterday the body of the late Mr. Thomas Hetherington, one of the victims of the sad disaster, was brought to his late residence in Victoria-street, and in the afternoon ...
Article : 356 wordsPe[?]ding developments, it cannot be said with any certainty how the pit will be worked in the future, but some of the managers are of opinion that the use of safety ...
Article : 63 wordsIn connection with the death of Mr. W. Humphreys, whose funeral was largely attended at Wallsend yesterday, it is a rather strange coincidence that he should ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 190 wordsThe absence of the bread-winners is beginning to be keenly felt by the bereaved families, though in justice to the shopkeepers it should be mentioned that they have not ...
Article : 204 wordsThe white mice, which were sent op by the Department of Mines in order to toot the existence of carbon monoxide in places where it could not be strongly smelt by ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 107 wordsWhen Messrs. Ross, Thomas, Barr, Humble, and others returned to the surface at 6.30 p.m. it was reported that a rather serious state of affairs existed on the ocean ...
Article : 226 wordsA DEPUTATION consisting of Messrs. H. C. Wheeler, W. T. Dick, J. Gillies, and D. Storey, Ms.P., D. J. M'Lean, L. Arnott, R. Roay, H. Moore, P. R. Cook, J. T. Walker, ...
Article : 414 wordsMessrs. Anthony Hordern and Sons yesterday wired to the Mayor as follows:—"We will send by poet cheque for £25. Please apply to immediate relief families Dudley ...
Article : 118 wordsThe Victorian Minister for Mines wired from Melbourne to Mr. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines yesterday, asking him to convey to the relatives of the men entombed ...
Article : 77 wordsAfter discovering the bodies of M'Dougall and Haddon, the search was continued on the south side of the 2nd right-hand district in the hope of finding the water bailers. The ...
Article : 198 wordsNothing occurred to alter the situation of affairs at Dudley pit between 6 o'clock and midnight. Nobody had gone down the pit, it was understood, between these hours. ...
Article : 29 wordsYesterday, being a half-holiday among the shop employees in the district, a large number of them visited Dudley, the little township being almost crowded with people at ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 200 wordsWithin an hour or no the 6 o'clock party returned to the colliery office, and confirmed the opinion of Messrs. Ross, Thomas, and Barr, that a fire of no small proportions was ...
Article : 136 wordsAt the conclusion of the schools' parade yesterday Major Mulholland took occasion, while supplementing the eulogistic remarks of Mr. Plashman, to draw the attention of ...
Article : 121 wordsShortly after 9 o'clock the party came across a body which they considered to be that of William Rudge, one of the waterbalers. It was lying sideways, resting upon ...
Article : 184 wordsIn the meantime, Mr. Jonathan Dixon, who alone was present as one of the managing committee, agreed that all hands in the pit should be called to the surface, pending ...
Article : 138 wordsIn speaking to our representative to-day on the subject of the Dudley calamity, Mr. W. T. Dick, M.P., stated that he intended taking immediate action with the hope of ...
Article : 44 wordsTHE entertainment during the evening was attended by a packed audience. The outside of the institute was illuminated by a large number of Chinere lanterns, and a brass ...
Article : 1,247 wordsTHE Women's Early Closing Association hold their usual meeting yesterday afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce. In the unavoidable absence of the president, Mrs. Miller, ...
Article : 337 wordsIn view of the extraordinary amount of hard work that still remained to be accomplished, the managerial staff was strengthened by the addition of Messrs. Paul ...
Article : 100 wordsThe last act in the sorrowful tragedy as applied to at least a couple of the unfortunate victims of the Dudley disaster was enacted yesterday afternoon, when the ...
Article : 416 wordsWhen it became known that the men of the 6 o'clock shift had been stopped from going below, and that all who were is the pit had been withdrawn, the township of Dudley was ...
Article : 141 wordsMessrs. Ross and Barr came across the bodies of William Jones and William Budge, the two water-bailers, at about midday, the remains (which were sent to the surface in ...
Article : 193 wordsYesterday Mr. Alf. Edden, M.P., was advised by a wire from Mr. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines, of the receipt of the following message from Mr. Henry Foster, ...
Article : 62 wordsWhen all the bodies shall have been recovered, the commercial aspect of affairs will, doubtless, engage attention. At the present time there is no opinion ...
Article : 163 wordsThe medical staff have been unremitting in their attention, and although fortunately their services were but little required, mere than one of the mine managers expressed ...
Article : 308 words{No abstract available}
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Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954), Fri 25 Mar 1898, Page 5
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