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... HUDDERSFIELD EXAMINER SATURDAY SEPTEMBER Telephone 2720 lines') Ten years ago disaster at Knockshinnoch The earth fell in— and 129 miners were trapped NDY CUNNINGHAM sensed danger as soon as he heard his name called urgently over the rain-lashed field ...
... had been brought out of the colliery at Creswell Derbyshire twenty-four hours after eighty men had died in the biggest pit disaster for five years A statement issued this morning from Creswell said: “During the night further exploration has revealed that ...
... of the pit The explosion was stated by NCB officials to be the largest disaster in co Durham since 1909 when 168 men were killed at West Stanley The last big disaster in the county was in 1947 when twenty-one men were killed at Morrison North Pit Appeal ...
... SUMMER FASHIONS type BLAZER JACKETS in white navy stone red grey £2650 Light- weight PNW THREEQUARTER COATS in grey light beige dark beige £3850 PNW cream BRUSHED JACKETS £3750 plus many more bargains exquisite tights or Jacket The Huddersfield Daily ...
... the New China (Communist) News Agency It will comprise twenty-three vehicles each marked with red square measuring about yard square on the bonnet and flying red flag of the same size Repatriation from both sides will begin April 20 The Communists today ...
... Commons Pit Disaster: Four to Appear in Court Summonses have been served by the Procurator Fiscal at Ayr on three Coal Board officials and a former official They will appear at the Sheriff Court Ayr next Tuesday on allegations arising out the disaster at ...
... for the board in Doncaster said there were delays of up an hour at a handful of Yorkshire pits this morning because of the ban on weekend work Holiday Many pits were not working because of the holiday and will not start up again until next week The spokesman ...
... are employed at Knockshinnoch scene of a big pit disaster in 1950 and the Coal Board say that it is running at a weekly exceeding £500 Some of today’s delegation carried small placards urging that the pit be kept open Lord Robens who spent thirty-five ...
... Failure of brake blamed for pit disaster THE MARKHAM pit tragedy in which eighteen men died and eleven were seriously injured was caused by “complete failure of the mechanical brake of the winding engine” The official disaster report out today completely ...
... Department of Education and Science BACK-to-work A record number of miners broke the long-running strike at two Huddersfield area pits AT Denby Grange 240 men— two-thirds of the workforce— turned up after the holidays while at Emley Moor six new faces were among ...
... Commons committee condemns lack of warnings on pit ‘Complacent’ coal board attacked A POWERFUL all-party committee of MPs today attacked the “secretive even complacent” attitude of British Coal towards pit closures In a hard-hitting report they warned ...
... written on” he said Tory MP condemns pit closures as Unjustified and dangerous’ By HENRYK ZIENTEK Industrial Correspondent A LOCAL Tory MP today called for the Government to reverse the decision to close more than 30 pits and save 30000 jobs Mrs Elizabeth ...