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WELSH COAL CRISIS RENEWED

... Llanhilleth, near Newport, the number of nearly two thousand men, are on strike. | It is also reported that men the Six Bells Collieries have also oeased work. These are the only two collieries South Wales take this . serious step. EVADING REGISTRATION ...

Published: Thursday 26 August 1915
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 72 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

¦ MA SS MEETING AT CARDIFF

... s award . A resolution was passed approving of the action of the workers at the Llaniilleth . Arael , Griffin , and Six Bells Collieries in coming out en strike as a protest An amendment advising those workmen to resume their duties was defeated by a ...

Published: Friday 27 August 1915
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 129 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Picture by Wire on Pago U

... downpours at Aberbeeg , Monmouthshire , a laiidslido is feared between tho main road to Six Bcllsand . tho railway line near Six Bells Colliery . Mcnsures are being taken to minimise the danger , and a portion of the roadway has boon closed . At Lower Race , near ...

Published: Thursday 12 December 1929
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 770 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

45 MINERS DIE IN EXPLOSION Rescuers dig through roof fall in Monmouthshire pit FOUR SURVIVORS BADLY BURNED

... fall in Monmouthshire pit FOUR SURVIVORS BADLY BURNED Forty-five miners were killed in an explosion and roof fall in Six Bells Colliery, near Abertillery, Monmouthshire, yesterday. A representative of the National Coal Board announced soon after midnight ...

Published: Wednesday 29 June 1960
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 454 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

45 BODIES TAKEN FROM PIT On-the-spot inquiry to be held

... tired-eyed stretcher-bearers yesterday brought up the last of the 45 men killed in Tuesday’s disaster 1000 feet down in the Six Bells Colliery, Abertillery, Monmouthshire. By mid-afternoon, 38 of the bodies had been brought.up. Not all had been identified. The ...

Published: Thursday 30 June 1960
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 199 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

PIT INQUIRY DATE FIXED

... PIT INQUIRY DATE FIXED The public inquiry into the explosion at Six Bells Colliery, Monmouthshire, on June 28, in which 45 men died, will open at Newport on September 19, the Ministry of Power announced yesterday. ...

Published: Saturday 13 August 1960
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 36 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

PRESENCE OF GAS REPORTED Six Bells inquir_v

... PRESENCE OF GAS REPORTED Six Bells inquir_v A minute of the Six Bells Colliery Safety Committee, dated June 27—the day before 45 men were killed in an underground explosion at the colliery | —had stated that some workmen were | rather concerned that some ...

Published: Tuesday 20 September 1960
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 249 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

SIX BELLS DEPUTY DENIES MEN NOT SEARCHED Contraband matches query

... SIX BELLS DEPUTY DENIES MEN NOT SEARCHED Contraband matches query A deputy at Six Bells Colliery denied at the public inquiry at Newport, Monmouthshire, yesterday, that the system of searches for contraband matches and tobacco had broken down before the ...

Published: Wednesday 21 September 1960
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 226 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

£85.443 COLLECTED FOR

... £85.443 COLLECTED FOR DISASTER FUND The Six Bells Colliery disaster fund, sponsored by the “ Western Mail ” and “South Wales Echo,” has now reached | a total of £85,443. ...

Published: Monday 26 September 1960
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 30 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WEST TO RESIST BERLIN MOVE Serious view taken of Soviet Note

... to rescue them by helicopter—Reuter. SIX BELLS DISASTER w INQUIRY ENDS Manager defended Mr Vivian Luther, manager of Six Bells Colliery where 45 miners died in the explosion last June, was criticised lyesterday for his handling of the searching arrangements ...

Published: Thursday 29 September 1960
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 719 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Disaster Report Spotlights New Mining Dangers

... Rogers, Chief Inspector of Mines and Quarries, says today in his report to the Minister of Power on the explosion at Six Bells Colliery, Monmouthshire, last June, in which 45 lives were lost. “It is necessary to ensure that the changes are matched by the ...

Published: Wednesday 01 February 1961
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 177 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Fund Raised £102,456

... Fund Raised £102,456 The fund for the families of 45 miners ‘killed in an explosion at the Six Bells Colliery, Abertillery, Monmouthshire, last June, has closed at £102,456. ...

Published: Tuesday 18 April 1961
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 28 | Page: 3 | Tags: none