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  2. PEN-NOTES AND PENCILLINGS.

    Slavery still in the United States of America ! True, they don't auction them as they did before the time of Lincolu, but the men and women disposed of are slaves all the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. THE DUDLEY CALAMITY

    The Dudley disaster formed the chief topic of conversation throughout the city and district yesterday, the appalling nature of the accident and the terrible loss of life which ...

    Article : 293 words
  4. CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE PIT.

    Early in the day there were evidences of the existence of the deadly carbon monoxide in the pit. Those acquainted with the smell off this poisonous gas could detect it in the ...

    Article : 237 words
  5. LATEST NEWS FROM THE MINE.

    The shift that returned from below shortly after 12 reports that several objects, which are supposed to be the bodies of some of the entombed men, were in view, and it is ...

    Article : 67 words
  6. THE POLICE ARRANGEMENTS.

    Under the supervision of Mr. Inspector Lynch the police arrangements were again ably carried out, the constables in charge of Senior-constable Fay, of Adamstown, ...

    Article : 71 words
  7. Dudley Disaster Relief Fund.

    The dread catastrophe at Dudley has caused a wave of sympathy with the bereaved ones to sweep ever the district. Already the people of Stockton are contemplating action ...

    Article : 159 words
  8. THE MINISTER FOR MINES PRESENT.

    Mr. Sydney Smith, the Minister for Minor, accompanied by Mr. J. L Fegan, M.P., and Mr. H. Dalrymple Wood, the secretary of the examining committee for colliery ...

    Article : 226 words
  9. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET

    THE international cricket match was continued to-day on the Oval. There was a very fair attendance, and the play excited much attention. Wainwright ...

    Article : 529 words
  10. THE NIGHT PARTY.

    At 6 o'clock Messrs Humble and Bates, accompanied by Messrs. A. Rose, R. Thomas, J. Barr, and W. B. Pe[?]diction, colliery managers, continued exploration work in the ...

    Article : 40 words
  11. IN THE LAND OF THE FREE.

    Slavery still exists in the United States of America! True, they don't auction them as they did before the time of Lincoln, hut the men and women disposed of are slaves all the ...

    Article : 225 words
  12. THE HORSES.

    It being the custom of the management to remove the horses from the pit frequently, it so happened that only three animals were below when the explosion occurred. Those ...

    Article : 35 words
  13. A PERILOUS EXPLORATION.

    Messrs. Atkinson, Dixon, Croft, and Paul Tur[?]bull, who went down the pit at 6 a.m., and returned about 12 o'clock, after discovering the body of John Benson, got ...

    Article : 414 words
  14. GOLD MEDALS FOR BRAVERY.

    After explaining his desire to see for himself the damage done, and "in order to have another illustration of the risks attending miners' occupations." Mr. Sydney Smith ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. Lambton Council.

    THE fortnightly meeting of this council was held last night. There were present:—he Mayor (Alderman H. Burg), and Aldermen Middleman, Hardy, Ward, Palmer, ...

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  16. A QUESTION OF POLICY.

    Before the Minister descended the shaft, Mr. Themes Croudace, while waiting for his party to be completed, delivered quite a pubilc address on the fiscal policy. "This ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR.

    Yesterday morning the Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Kidd) received the following message from his Excellency Lord Hampdos, Governor of New South Wales:— ...

    Article : 130 words
  18. "AN OMINOUS SILENCE."

    The Government organ in Sydney concluded a nauseating account of Mr. Reid's return from the Convention by stating that that gentleman would preserve a "judicious ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 281 words
  19. FROM THE FREETRADE CAMP.

    Mr. M'Millan, conservative even in this, is about to go on a prolonged trip to somewhere or other—presumably England—on the eve of a general election, and to trust to his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 336 words
  20. THE POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION.

    At 2 p.m., Drs. W. L. Eames and J. W. Hester commenced a post-mortem examination on the bodies of the men Benson and Dorrity, and continued their investigations ...

    Article : 144 words
  21. FROM GRETA.

    The following telegram was yesterday received from Greta by the Mayor of Newcastle:—"Residents of Greta shocked at the intelligence of the Dudley Colliery disaster. ...

    Article : 109 words
  22. A TOUCHING SCENE.

    One of the most pathetic scenes witnessed was in connection with the manager's mother (Mrs. Humphreys), whoso husband was numbered among the victims. It was only ...

    Article : 126 words
  23. ANOTHER BODY RECOVERED.

    In accordance with the conclusion arrived at by the afternoon party of managers and others Messrs. John Dixon, Jonathan Dixon, D. M'Auliffe, W. Tarnball, and A. Gardiner ...

    Article : 245 words
  24. IN ATTENDANCE AT THE PIT.

    The national aspect of the disaster Is clearly evidenced, not only by the large attendance of the general public, but by the arrangements made for the presence of medical men ...

    Article : 213 words
  25. FEELING IN HAMILTON.

    Here, as elsewhere, the terrible loss of life caused by the Dudley Colliery explosion has caused genuine sympathy for the bereaved widows and families, and deep regret is ...

    Article : 132 words
  26. THE BENNETT DIVORCE SUIT.

    THE divorce suit Bennett v. Bennett, Richards correspondent, Richards and Johnson interveners, came before Mr. Justice Simpson this afternoon on a question of costs. ...

    Article : 460 words
  27. EXPLORING WORK.

    At 2.30 a.m. on Tuesday the rescue party temporarily abandoned operations in No. 1 left-hand district owing to indications of the roof giving in and the presence of ...

    Article : 184 words
  28. NOXIOUS GASES IN MINES.

    Volumes might be written on the properties of the various noxious gases met with in coal mines. The subject at present has a melancholy interest for every person in the ...

    Article : 501 words
  29. THE SOUTH AFRICAN DICTATOR.

    Mr. Cecil Rhodes lived the greatest man in Africa till foolish enough to precipitate, with inadequate means, a quarrel with Mr. Kruger; Mr. Cecil Rhodes died, in the sense ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 294 words
  30. PLENTY OF ADVICE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 146 words
  31. COFFINS AND CAMERAS.

    The dramatic side of the appalling disaster was reached when the coffins beg in to arrive. The two first coffins, which were for Dorrity and Benson, were plainly covered with a ...

    Article : 120 words
  32. THE SECOND BODY.

    An hour and a half passed away, when the signal was heard indicating that the cage was coming up, and a few seconds later it reached the surface, ...

    Article : 142 words
  33. WAKE UP!

    There are at least six whitey-brown protactionist Richmonds in the field just now, with goodness knows how many buesling on their armour. Mr. R. D. Meagher, the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 405 words
  34. MESSAGES OF SYMPATHY.

    The colliery manager received many letters and telegrams of condolence in connection with the disaster, and Mr. A. Edden, M.P. (who, it may be mentioned, remained in the ...

    Article : 145 words
  35. ROLL CALL AT THE SHAFT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 198 words
  36. OPENING OF THE INQUEST.

    An inquest was opened at Russell's Royal Crown Hotel by Mr. G. C. Martin, the District Coroner, touching the deaths of the two men Thomas Dorrity and John Benson, ...

    Article : 297 words
  37. GOVERNMENT RELIEF.

    After returning from the pit bottom the Minister for Mines, was, by request, taken round to the homes of the bereaved relatives of the entombed men by the Hon. J. Blankeby, ...

    Article : 128 words
  38. UNHAPPY DUDLEY.

    Kingsley wrote of the men who go down to the sea in ships; but who has written of the man who go down to the mines in cages? In the writer's opinion there is this ...

    Article : 252 words
  39. Advertising

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