One of the moat terrible disasters, and one that has resulted in a greater number of deaths than any previous mining accident in Australia, occurred at the Mount Kembla coal ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 647 wordsOne of the leading foremen of the mine, soon after the accident, met a party of men, to the number of about-20, at a parting of the ways. He altered the current by changing the canvas ...
Article : 495 wordsA Clinton, who was one oFthe miners who escaped without injury, thus relateShis experience:— "I was working at the race i No. 6, having not ...
Article : 501 wordsOn an occasion of this sort, there are always many interesting incidents to relate with reference to narrow escapes' which have been experienced. George Ramsay, a young ...
Article : 401 wordsAll day Saturday sad funeral processions wound their way along the road between the mine and Wollongong. Some proceeded to the Little Kembla Cemetery, where a big crowd gathered ...
Article : 920 wordsAt the colliery the scene was a most harrowing one. Large numbers of women were running abou frantically in all directions, making anxious inquiries for their husbands and sons. ...
Article : 554 wordsAt 5 o'clock about 120 men had escaped from the mine without assistance. It was realised that the remainder must have been more serioussly injured, and could not get out unaided. Relief ...
Article : 809 wordsThe Mount Kembla Mine has been continuously working since the tunnel was started. It is situated about five miles from Wollongong. At the present time 240 men are employed in the ...
Article : 120 wordsMount Kombla is a post, money-order, and savings bank township. It is situated on one of the highest peaks of,the Illawarra range of mountains, being 1730ft above sea levol. It ls distant about ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 9 Aug 1902, Page 14
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