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... before the Creswell pit disaster, many men would have been able to reach safety. The life saver, which is carried in a tin container with a metal loop to enable it to be attached to the miner’s belt, weighs only IJlb. with the container. It was demonstrated ...
... PIT FUND REACHES £62,500 (CINEMAS. hotels and. public tributors to the relief.-fund. latest con- Ww “the end of .« periect for |_ The car driven by Mr men killed ton. is understood to have been collections in car were. Twizel the and the! of -Pourth Row: ...
... Pit mishap Mr. Churchill said there was a significant paragraph in the report which stated that in important cases a more practical means of public ownership might be a statutory board of control on the lines of the late Iron and Steel Board He went on: ...
... Women faint as pit victims are buried Women wept and others fainted as 36 of 263 Bitter Heart mine disaster victims were buried at the Hilltop Marcinelle Cemetery yesterday. Thousands watched as two lines of military lorries carrying the coffins faced ...
... 54 DEAD IN PIT The dvat,) toll in Yugos:av!a's garden. worst nit disaster on iiednes-, The officer, with a police dog. (la% has risen to 51. the Govern- searched the garden and round nent announced to-dav Ennis niding behind a bush. Ile Rescue teams have ...
... Your Weekend Radio 6.15 Sunday - The Rescuers ', A Play Set Underground in Rhondda Pit Disaster WELSH HOME SERVICE 7.0-Nev;yddion FRIDAY 7.15-All Together 6.30 a.m.-Big Ben 7.45-The Pleasures Bright and Early. Curing. Laurence James at the BBC 8.0-Music ...
... POST MONDAY FEBRUARY 1955 FIREPROOF BELTING TO BE USED IN ALL PITS 1950 Creswell Disaster Recalled CONVEYOR belting which is believed to have contributed to the 1950 Creswell pit disaster through friction and overheating has now been rendered fire-resistant ...
... An appeal to industrialists • of the Red Lion public-house and shift. Nearly 3.000 tons of coal are every th - farmers to make early application Drayton, a short distance from e! los , scene of the disaster. day e pit is idle. for supplementary petrol tor ...
... courage, slow marched in front of the 19 coffins. - The pit will not work today. A further mass burial will be held this morning. Women stood in front of houses with dawn blinds and wipect eyes red I,;.th weeptng Men, many wearing the tradi• tnnal pitmen's ...
... £157,500 in Pit Fund DONATIONS to Easington Colliery Disaster Fund arc still flowing from all part.' of the country, and the total up to last night was £157,500. Donations include: United Services. OvinKham. Ovlncton. and Newton Branch Social Club, £1 ...
... Minnie ' disaster which 155 lives were lost Roberts who then overman was the scene throughout the -rescue operations and was one of the principal witnesses at the inauiry His knowledge of the pit had also been called ' for during two other disasters at Podmore ...
... 67th WITNESS AT PIT INQUIRY pHE mines Inspectorate was short of men because ' salaries were not high enough, said Mr, Harold Frederick Wilson, Senior District Inspector of Mines, when he resumed his evidence at Easington today. the tenth day of the inquiry ...