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Six Bells fund

... Six Bells fund The fund to provide for the families of forty-five miners killed pit explosion the Six Bells Colliery, Abertillery, Monmouthshire. last June, closed £102,456 18/1. ...

Published: Tuesday 18 April 1961
Newspaper: Aberdeen Evening Express
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 27 | Page: 5 | 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

£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

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

Welsh Pit Disaster: Dunbartonshire Hold Back

... Dunbartonshire send an immediate donation of £lOO to the disaster fund for the dependants of the miners killed in the Six Bells colliery at Abertillery, Monmoth, was turned down at the meeting of the County Council last Thursday, It was proposed by Mr. ...

Published: Wednesday 06 July 1960
Newspaper: Kirkintilloch Herald
County: Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 125 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

THE HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING

... Eastern Conference. 9. Election of Delegate to North Eastern Conference 10. Donations—Glasgow Fire Relief Fund £lO. Six Bells Colliery Disaster £lO 11. General Business . ...

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

Driver hurt taking miners to work

... smashed through a side window of his car, police said. , He ;tu fibfiw and in “:Ib-v comfort.” s:mefl wo, miners on way to Six Bells colliery, near AZefl.l.uery; were unhurt. - il ‘Mr Crother’s car was mbd with bricks and stones :{mcmmmmhedd! the road at about ...

Published: Thursday 17 January 1985
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 127 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

‘Dandy Kim’ Will Be Freed Soon

... haved prisoners after completion of half of their sentence.—Reuter. Widows and dependents of 44 miners who died in ’he Six Bells Colliery disaster at' Abertillery, Monmouthshire, in June last gear were paid a total of £10,033 in benefits: ...

Published: Tuesday 04 July 1961
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 158 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

FATHER AND SON KILLED

... Phillips were killed instantly, but Burns, who was further away, was fortunate enough to escape. ALARMING CAGE MISHAP. At Six Bells Colliery, near Abertillery, on Saturday night, just, the cage with twenty men in it was leaving the .pit bottom, a hauling rope ...

Published: Monday 03 July 1905
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 177 | Page: 5 | 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

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