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Plum WOMEN LIBERALS’ REMEDY” FOR PIT DISASTERS

... Plum WOMEN LIBERALS’ REMEDY” FOR PIT DISASTERS IJnoff ICIA L strikes, Communism, trade union tyranny,” housing delays and pit tragedies were among the subjects discussed at the council meeting of the Women’s Liberal Federation at Scarborough yesterday ...

Published: Thursday 28 September 1950
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 2300 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

PIT ON TEST

... 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 ...

Published: Monday 09 March 1953
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 436 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Pit mishap

... 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: ...

Published: Wednesday 20 September 1950
Newspaper: Nottingham Journal
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 1056 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

THE NOTTINGHAM EVENING POST MONDAY FEBRUARY 1955 FIREPROOF BELTING TO BE USED IN ALL PITS 1950 Creswell ..

... 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 ...

Published: Monday 28 February 1955
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 3275 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE NOTTINGHAM THURSDAY AUGUST FORTY-ONE MINERS KILLED IN GERMAN PIT DISASTER Kirkby Wedding ' ::laBp:''-:''' : ..

... THE NOTTINGHAM THURSDAY AUGUST FORTY-ONE MINERS KILLED IN GERMAN PIT DISASTER Kirkby Wedding ' ::laBp:''-:''' :- Mr Christopher Hoffis master at Gr School Sassex Miss of 113 Victoria - road Kirkby - -Asbfieid who married St Wilfrid's Church Kirkby ...

Published: Thursday 04 August 1955
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 3087 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Growing Flood Disaster in America

... Growing Flood Disaster in America 100,000 Now Reported Homeless - Flood wator* of ftho Missouri and . Mississippi Rivers to-day continue to pour over cities and rich farmlands, driving nearly 100,000 people from their hemes to higher land. The Missouri ...

Published: Tuesday 15 April 1952
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 1414 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Guardian Journal Saturday Di'wmbpr PIT RULES ‘IGNORED DISASTER INQUIR Y IS TOLD INSTRUCTIONS clearly laid ..

... Guardian Journal Saturday Di'wmbpr PIT RULES ‘IGNORED DISASTER INQUIR Y IS TOLD INSTRUCTIONS clearly laid National Coal Board were ignored Michael Colliery East Wemyss (Fife) where nine men lost their lives in an underground fire last September it was ...

Published: Saturday 16 December 1967
Newspaper: Nottingham Guardian
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 3209 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE GAINSBOROUGH & TIMES 17 1971 Disaster in the Trent Valley Valiev have for suffered flood extent these ..

... THE GAINSBOROUGH & TIMES 17 1971 Disaster in the Trent Valley Valiev have for suffered flood extent these disasters and how long endured was starkly illustrated by Mr John Wade His lecture Retford District and Society Eaton Hall College Education on ...

NO HOPE FOR 80 MEN IN CRESWELL PIT FIRE

... managing director of the Bolsover Colliery Co., which owned the pit before nationalisation. The only comparable disaster in the Notts, and Derbyshire coalfield occurred at the Markham Pit, Duckmanton, near Chesterfield, May, 1938. when 79 men lost their ...

Published: Tuesday 26 September 1950
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2363 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

NEWSLINE Pit village boost PLANS to breathe new life into the depressed pit village of Newstead were unveiled ..

... NEWSLINE Pit village boost PLANS to breathe new life into the depressed pit village of Newstead were unveiled today The multi-million pound plan to develop land for housing and industry in Newstead is designed to give a massive boost to the community ...

Published: Wednesday 08 March 1989
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 2254 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

DEPUTIES’ DISPUTE HOLIDAYS HIT PITS to annual holidays the number of pits which will not be working tomorrow in ..

... result in the loss of 8500 tons coal pits in area the only colliery for NOTTINGHAM AREA 12 pits the No 3 area on tomorrow Thoresby Clipstone Sherwood because of the deputies dispute Warsop will the colliery in area Only pit affected by dispute No area tomorrow ...

Published: Friday 27 July 1956
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening News
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 3630 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Evening Post Friday October 23 1 992 Hit-list pits should still be worked THE PIT closure crisis has been ..

... efficient in Europe producing the lowest cost coal All to no avail Pit after pit has been closed bringing inexorable slow death to the industry Now comes the knock-out punch! Thirty-one pits are to be closed making around 30000 miners redundant with no regard ...

Published: Friday 23 October 1992
Newspaper: Nottingham Evening Post
County: Nottinghamshire, England
Type: | Words: 3946 | Page: 4 | Tags: none