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Durham Mining Disasters, c. 1700–1950s

Author : Maureen Anderson
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 178340843X
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Durham Mining Disasters, c. 1700–1950s written by Maureen Anderson and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2008-10-16 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now over half a century since the last coalmining disaster to affect the lives and families of people living and working on what became known as the Great Northern Coalfield. This was the first area of Britain where mining developed on a large scale but at tremendous human cost. Mining was always a dangerous occupation, especially during the nineteenth century and in the years before nationalization in 1947. Safety was often secondary to profit. It was the disasters emanating from explosions of gas that caused the greatest loss of life, decimating local communities. In tight-knit mining settlements virtually every household might be affected by injury or loss of life, leaving widows and children with little or no means of support. At Haswell in 1844 95 men and boys perished; 164 died at Seaham in 1880 and 168 at West Stanley in 1909. This volume provides us with an account of these and all the other pit disasters in County Durham from the 1700s to the 1950s

Durham Mining Disasters, C.1700-1950s

Author : Maureen Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781845630737
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Durham Mining Disasters, C.1700-1950s written by Maureen Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is now over half a century since the last coalmining disaster to affect the lives and families of people living and working on what became known as the Great Northern Coalfield. This was the first area of Britain where mining developed on a large scale but at tremendous human cost. Mining was always a dangerous occupation, especially during the nineteenth century and in the years before nationalization in 1947. Safety was often secondary to profit. It was the disasters emanating from explosions of gas that caused the greatest loss of life, decimating local communities. In tight-knit mining settlements virtually every household might be affected by injury or loss of life, leaving widows and children with little or no means of support. At Haswell in 1844 95 men and boys perished; 164 died at Seaham in 1880 and 168 at West Stanley in 1909. This volume provides us with an account of these and all the other pit disasters in County Durham from the 1700s to the 1950s

Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors

Author : Brian Elliott
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473834651
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors written by Brian Elliott and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A meticulous mixture of social and family history . . . Whether or not you have mining connections, this is an interesting socio-economic read.” —Your Family Tree In the 1920s there were over a million coalminers working in over 3000 collieries across Great Britain, and the industry was one of the most important and powerful in British history. It dominated the lives of generations of individuals, their families, and communities, and its legacy is still with us today—many of us have a coalmining ancestor. Yet family historians often have problems in researching their mining forebears. Locating the relevant records, finding the sites of the pits, and understanding the work involved and its historical background can be perplexing. That is why Brian Elliott’s concise, authoritative and practical handbook will be so useful, for it guides researchers through these obstacles and opens up the broad range of sources they can go to in order to get a vivid insight into the lives and experiences of coalminers in the past. His overview of the coalmining history—and the case studies and research tips he provides—will make his book rewarding reading for anyone looking for a general introduction to this major aspect of Britain’s industrial heritage. His directory of regional and national sources and his commentary on them will make this guide an essential tool for family historians searching for an ancestor who worked in coalmining underground, on the pit top or just lived in a mining community. As featured in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine and the Barnsley Chronicle.

Northumberland and Cumberland Mining Disasters

Author : Maureen Anderson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1845630815
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Northumberland and Cumberland Mining Disasters written by Maureen Anderson and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part One includes an overview of early disasters, multiple fatalities, from 1710. Part Two, 1806-1841 concerns disasters, under the theme of 'Pit Children'.Part Three, 1844-1888, covers a variety of accidents including explosions and floodings and is called 'Fire, Air and Water'. The final section, Part Four, covers modern disasters, from 1910-1951. The day-to-day life of a miner was fraught with danger, especially when pits were in private hands. Despite government inspection and regulation accidents occurred and they devastated local families and communities. The tragedies included great acts of bravery by volunteer and official rescue teams and they attracted widespread press and media coverage. The great disasters include Hartley (204 deaths), Wallsend (102 fatalities) and Whitehaven (104). The author has taken great care to chronicle each event and compile lists of the dead, including their dependents. The book should be of great value to anyone interested in coal mining, social and family history.

Pit Lasses

Author : Denise Bates
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 178159757X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (815 download)

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Download or read book Pit Lasses written by Denise Bates and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women have long been recognised as the backbone of coalmining communities, supporting their men. Less well known is the role which they played as the industry developed, working underground or at the pit head. The year 2012 is the 170th anniversary of the publication of the Report of the Second Childrens Employment Commission. The report caused public outrage in May 1842, revealing that halfdressed women worked underground alongside naked men. Three months later, to protect them from moral corruption, females were banned from working underground. The Commissions report has been neglected as a historical source with the same few quotations widely used to illustrate the same headline points. And yet, across the country, around 350 women and girls described their lives and work. Together, this report and the 1841 census, produce a detailed and surprising picture of a female miner at work, at home and in her community. After 1842 females were still allowed to work above ground. Following a painful transition in the mid-1840s when some former female miners suffered severe hardship women forged a new role at pit heads in Lancashire and Scotland, and then fought to retain it against opposition from many men.This book examines the social, economic and political factors affecting nineteenth-century female coalminers, drawing out the largely untapped evidence within contemporary sources and challenging long-standing myths. It contains what may be the first identified photograph of a female miner who gave evidence in 1842 and reveals the future lives of some of those who gave evidence to the Royal Commission.

The Pit Sinkers of Northumberland and Durham

Author : Peter Ford Mason
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752490494
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book The Pit Sinkers of Northumberland and Durham written by Peter Ford Mason and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shaft sinking for the extraction of minerals has taken place for centuries, and for much of this time, coal mining was carried out in the North East of England. Various methods of pit sinking developed from the use of shallow bell pits to the excavation of deep shafts, in order to access rich seams of coal and other minerals for sale in rapidly urbanising areas such as London. In the close mining communities of Northumberland and Durham, those who dug the initial shafts, the sinkers themselves, were regarded as the mining elite. This book not only tells the story of mining itself, through upheaval and technological developments, but also focuses on the lives of miners and their families above ground in the emerging pit towns adn villages; places where religion adn miners' galas were an integral part of life. Peter Ford Mason, descended from three generations of County Durham miners, has written a fascinating investigation onto miming society, which makes a compelling read for anyone interested in the social history of the North East or the mining industry as a whole.

The Great Northern Coalfield 1700-1900

Author : Frank Atkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Northern Coalfield 1700-1900 written by Frank Atkinson and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lead Mining in the Derwent Valley

Author : W. K. Pirt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780901450555
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Lead Mining in the Derwent Valley written by W. K. Pirt and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great Pit Disasters: Great Britain, 1700 to the Present Day

Author : Helen Duckham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Great Pit Disasters: Great Britain, 1700 to the Present Day written by Helen Duckham and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century

Author : Margaret Hedley
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750991046
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

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Book Synopsis Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century by : Margaret Hedley

Download or read book Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century written by Margaret Hedley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2019-02-25 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The success of the Durham Coalfield and its important role in the Industrial Revolution is attributed to men of influence who owned the land and the pits, and men who worked in the coal-mining industry during the Victorian period. There has been very little written about the importance of the home life that supported the miners - their wives who, through heroic efforts, did their best to provide attractive, healthy, happy home for their husbands, often in appalling social conditions. To provide a welcoming atmosphere at home demanded tremendous resources and commitment from the miners' wives. Despite their many hardships these women selflessly put everyone in the family before themselves. They operated on less rest, less food at times of necessity and under the huge physical burden of work and the emotional burden of worry concerning the safety of their family. Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century: Hannah's Story addresses the lack of information about the role of women in the Durham Coalfield, engagingly explored through one woman's experience.

The Southern Appalachians

Author : Susan L. Yarnell
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428953736
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book The Southern Appalachians written by Susan L. Yarnell and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Water Management at Abandoned Flooded Underground Mines

Author : Christian Wolkersdorfer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540773312
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Water Management at Abandoned Flooded Underground Mines written by Christian Wolkersdorfer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-02-01 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the processes related to mine abandonment from a hydrogeological perspective and provides a comprehensive presentation of water management and innovative tracer techniques for flooded mines. After an introduction to the relevant hydrogeochemical processes the book gives detailed information about mine closure procedures. The book also includes case studies and hints, and some new methodologies for conducting tracer tests in flooded mines.

Banners of the Durham Coalfield

Author : Norman Emery
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Banners of the Durham Coalfield written by Norman Emery and published by Alan Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book details the manufacture, designs and use of banners dating from the formation of the Durham Miner's Association in 1869 to the strikes of 1984-1985.

The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884

Author : James Hammond Trumbull
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884 written by James Hammond Trumbull and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Stealing Home

Author : Eric Nusbaum
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1541742192
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Stealing Home written by Eric Nusbaum and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story about baseball, family, the American Dream, and the fight to turn Los Angeles into a big league city. Dodger Stadium is an American icon. But the story of how it came to be goes far beyond baseball. The hills that cradle the stadium were once home to three vibrant Mexican American communities. In the early 1950s, those communities were condemned to make way for a utopian public housing project. Then, in a remarkable turn, public housing in the city was defeated amidst a Red Scare conspiracy. Instead of getting their homes back, the remaining residents saw the city sell their land to Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Now LA would be getting a different sort of utopian fantasy -- a glittering, ultra-modern stadium. But before Dodger Stadium could be built, the city would have to face down the neighborhood's families -- including one, the Aréchigas, who refused to yield their home. The ensuing confrontation captivated the nation - and the divisive outcome still echoes through Los Angeles today.

The Emperor of All Maladies

Author : Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439170916
Total Pages : 624 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book The Emperor of All Maladies written by Siddhartha Mukherjee and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and a documentary from Ken Burns on PBS, this New York Times bestseller is “an extraordinary achievement” (The New Yorker)—a magnificent, profoundly humane “biography” of cancer—from its first documented appearances thousands of years ago through the epic battles in the twentieth century to cure, control, and conquer it to a radical new understanding of its essence. Physician, researcher, and award-winning science writer, Siddhartha Mukherjee examines cancer with a cellular biologist’s precision, a historian’s perspective, and a biographer’s passion. The result is an astonishingly lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have lived with—and perished from—for more than five thousand years. The story of cancer is a story of human ingenuity, resilience, and perseverance, but also of hubris, paternalism, and misperception. Mukherjee recounts centuries of discoveries, setbacks, victories, and deaths, told through the eyes of his predecessors and peers, training their wits against an infinitely resourceful adversary that, just three decades ago, was thought to be easily vanquished in an all-out “war against cancer.” The book reads like a literary thriller with cancer as the protagonist. Riveting, urgent, and surprising, The Emperor of All Maladies provides a fascinating glimpse into the future of cancer treatments. It is an illuminating book that provides hope and clarity to those seeking to demystify cancer.

Coal in Victorian Britain, Part II, Volume 5

Author : John Benson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040245056
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Coal in Victorian Britain, Part II, Volume 5 written by John Benson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coal is a topic that has been, remains, and will continue to be of significant interest to those concerned with the causes, course and consequences of industrialization and de-industrialization. This six-volume, reset collection provides scholars with a wide variety of sources relating to the Victorian coal industry.