The Bulli Disaster

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 142, 7 June 1887, Page 4

The Bulli Disaster

AN TJRGTCN l. AiM'E.vL ON BEHALF - OF 50 WIDOWS'" AND 160 OE- • ..PHANS. .^:,:V: „..-; ;,■ ;-;-. ■: ; As the (li^istcr that took place at the 1 Butti Cpllirry oh the 23rd iViareh last was the most appalling" that, has; ever h .ppeiH-d iri Avi^traha; it is. to be.hoped ■Vliiit ii caiaiiiity i« : our colonial history,' although occurring in N ew Soiil h Wales; will cail forth (vnati rSvL EJSVONSK of jjrrtctjcai usympjithj? . . for. (he widows ami orphans deprived ol tljerr bre.ulMvinnejrs by;, that terrible eircanistanee. ; ■'./ > V. " •'• ;-•-;./ : , ::.-... V>f upwards of.EiGjHTr men arid youths in the raih« when' vjhe; .fen rful'ef plosion; look plate, not" o^e-^was^lef t to ! ' telJ the awful tale of their. v terrible death, ; v Ylost of ";tlie- lH^siied: rai?n were married|;/and; r Uhere^ore^ -leave; r rßorr6win^ wijows ;.and- ; inariy children .-; Bumbering about ;^woi hujsdred:, : And, , painfully sadafilt is^ to relate, that large total will be- increased within", the .- next .;^frwi/i^qutlis:v.bj;-"-XBp^'-THJETY^BPHi.|SS;. YKTITNBORN. • : . ■': r. "■■- ■'■'.-:' .■: j :■.', ■ . Regarding the Btfaitenea, as well: as ■ Vdd,^'ciiTuni stances! in ; w;hich these.widows aßd-6rphans v are:.placed, it : need only; be lUPiiUoned thatat,ihe;tinrie>pf ;the diskstor work had I'een; resumed at the. colliery-, only a :;fpw weeks ; after a:- six months' strike; by- which /the vmineYsJost all And gained notlving; ■Audi" MABKiKDnaen onl,r : haying,been re^ernployed.a^ causes the nuhiber" of : widows and orphan * to be greater iv. proportion, "to the lost tluijb ; under ■; ordinary^' circumstances - would be the case. v „• . . In fjiet, (hevTictims of>the; disaster were cut ojff ; under peculiarly disfcressinf; circumstances as well as in -tc terrible manner/- all; -being mea either.' whose means .had biecouie exli«.ustied. durina the .strike.or whose want of means and m- j ability : to obtain- any ;. olher{employ.ment chnv^d ,. tfaeivi" to. .^p; to work in the coH^y'^ i^he^ "s^d^fttQtsj^ll .their pyru pirifiil'Wlp conciernihg:; the position of the widows nrid orphans, who as a body, it is pleasinu here to state, are most BBSPGCTABI.E. * "."'.': " Altogether, cons ; dering theimelnticholy can<e Eor ; thi- Bolli^Kelilee F.TTKP movemotit, and ; the large .nuniber.; of. vvidows aad^orpliflns oTert^ken ., by^ .such; dosolatcrushing . effc^cfs "of their -p.iliti%.4 : -nVusi\'"be'"'bih-ißrl7.\,feit'''.by them formally 16ugyeHT*ruhles"s^assistance^pf a most genei'pits- ' ebiji-flcter be : extended, :to It; is : ; fervently >t<yihe hoped," therefore, tliat the individual action.: for the raisina ;)hei|saidvfund:t9 aj total aiuoimt somewhat eqiiai to the magni* tude.pf the Teguirements of the .occasion will .'i>ie ; ".. mo^Hh'Ba4ily:" a T ld , :^c" ti vely ''aii'ovfer tli^' Australian .coi.o.Ries. ..^ fri considerins tUe sad position pf these 'jfty wi'Bo^slJeXiit.be bo;rn^nni;ind:that tlie iearnings ;dfV.their,;PiETY DEAjJrHUS'' . BANits^aV therlow: average/ of ;£2 per wceic. «-.;ufd" amount itb a tpi'al .of jfid'iOQ.a.y.ear, :£i5.600 for three years, £26,000. for /fire., yoarsi <»r £52000- for ten years. ; All these, earnings :harebeen;losttp,' them |in_ «' momcht^aiad^no^.they and. their .lso" OKPriANtCHitDßEjr.jare.; dependent^ upon i lie public ibr/«uppprfc.: ; x .-?•:,•• ; • ..;. :,. :■■ T=i ink of this sac! fact, yet more fortunately :'sitiiated : nieii ahvi w(;mehiall(over f!;.» A'Bstr^l'an colonies^ and btiydurikind s\n\)paihy' andbeneyqlence lend a liberal ireljjinK^andtotliese your bereared and disireSHed/.fellow.icrealures. :YoU' can»ot dry their tears, or restore to them ' theif^lost oheSj' biit, by contributing :to» wardthc Belief Fund, voulwill be acting* as husbartds-tb the widows and fathers to the faXKerless by providing; means ot living'lfor-themiii The need is. great, but If aH^inthese colonies,' who hare -.. r ' ■-. tf «*arts to i"fe*l for others'; woes, toward therFund according fo their nir«w, tliewtißts of those in. such: meed will- be supplied to a very considerable ( ■€stient.i..-Vv'.'' : .r/.i--Vf .:?>"* ■■'■■ : c\:\y.\ ~ ---\ ? And n hatever sums may Jbe contribute/I tc ward :theßeiiet? Fund should befor»i waidt'd.with th'eleast possible; delay, as alihouKh 1 lie .widows and.orphans will be dcp>ji;;ent upon! the /public .for years : to come, subscription's; in aid: of i'their. wants willilie cortain to. cense after : a compara* lively Uiiief < period from: the present. ft rannot;bey:however, that;this appkal Khali ihavp'bpen^ made in vam,lor that it willrlie inndcquatt'ly responded to,, urged ■, as it is; btitUeibroad ground of our com« iiion liHriirtnily by . spi.niany widowed woiueu and orphaned [children, for whom Vliusliands / aud fathers now p'leiid,;as itvwere iwith the^silent elbqn«.'nce of the grave." , .„> " Tjie Com^Utee of which, the gentlemen flrh'ose'"'. naii es , are^neretp" littacbed are TrpasuVers was formed at Wollongong (> he" chief iujrh of the district in which the disasier occurred) immediately after the tumble event. • . -■■■ ■•; - Persons ..not .subscribing toward this u rt'en ! ly :, required ( Fiind throiigh any locii'r ''cbhYniittpp in llieir ovin' localities, or iti any other ..w y more desirable' to thc-m- --? e.Vf >-,- c.-i n- clo'so l>y address ing I lief r kind cr^»ribiitioj).s>ithi»r to the Central Com« ■^mineivin Sv^lney, the ]3raneh. Committee at Huili.(i;i(;iil miles, from Wollongongj, or to „.■-.. . . : 'W. j. POULTEE, Mayor of Wbllongorig,' i A; Al TUENEB; Police Magistrate, .U-, / Joint VTreasurkbs, Wollongoni; Branch a ;.5 IBulli (Relief Fund. , Town Ha.l, Wollongong, N .S.W., April 6th.; 1887. ..... ,'.r, .: