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Lancashire Mining Disasters 1835-1910

Author : Jack Nadin
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1903425956
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Lancashire Mining Disasters 1835-1910 written by Jack Nadin and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2006-05-01 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lancashire Mining Disasters chronicles the effects, death and grief of the local mining communities in Lancashire, through colliery accidents and explosions from the early 1830's through to 1910. It also recalls the great bravery of other miners, often from other pits in the recue attempts, who with no thought of their own safety went below ground to try and their fellow comrades. In doing so, they knew full well that they were risking their own lives, probably facing death. Such was the comradeship in coal mining communities. In no other industry would men grapple at rock and roof falls with bare hands, wade through flooded smoking underground galleries, or face further explosions and deadly suffocating gases in order to try and save their fellow colleagues. And while all this was ongoing, the pit banks filled with the old men, the grieving womenfolk and children, waiting for news of a loved one - a brother, a son, a husband from deep below in a silent hell. As each cage was raised to the pit bank, the crowd lunged forward hoping, perhaps beyond hope, that their loved one was safe. Little wonder there were no carols sung at Christmastide 1910, at Westhoughton and Atherton in South Lancashire for here, a few days before Christmas an explosion followed by a searing hot fiery blast tore through the workings of the Hulton Colliery Company's Pretoria Pit - and in doing so in just a few seconds took away the lives of over three hundred man and boys. This still holds the unwelcome record of the greatest single colliery explosion in English coalming history. It was coal the fulled the steam engines at mills, factories and foundriers which was to make Britain the greatest industrial nation in the world - but what a terrible price the miners paid in putting the 'Great' in Britain. This was the 'True Price of Coal'.

South Yorkshire Mining Disasters

Author : Brian Elliot
Publisher : Wharncliffe
ISBN 13 : 1903425646
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book South Yorkshire Mining Disasters written by Brian Elliot and published by Wharncliffe. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the period that we now call the Industrial Revolution mining disasters wrecked the lives of thousands of South Yorkshire families and devastated entire communities. The Husker pit flooding of 1838 in which 26 young girls and boys were killed shocked Victorian society and and was a significant factor in the 1842 Report on Employment of Women and Children in Mines; but earlier, long forgotten disasters are also explored. The Barnsley area was particularly hard-hit during the middle decades of the century with major mining accidents, usually great explosions of firedamp occurring, for example, at Lundhill Colliery (189 men and boys killed); Oaks (361 fatalities, Britains worst pit disaster) and Swaithe Main (143 dead). Scenes of grief, mourning and remarkable heroism provided spectacular copy for Victorian newspapers and magazines such as The Illustrated London News, focusing on the very uncertain and dangerous life of the miner. Despite the importance and widespread occurrence of South Yorkshire mining disasters, which also included dreadful winding accidents and gas emissions, their story has never been told in a single volume.

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.

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

Tracing Your Coalmining Ancestors

Author : Brian Elliott
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1848842392
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (488 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 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Unrelenting Machine

Author : Eddie Crooks
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1471637778
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book The Unrelenting Machine written by Eddie Crooks and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-19 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an account of the developments in health and safety law from the Industrial Revolution up to the modern day approach derived from risk assessment. The book records the part played by the Factory Inspectors and others in their endeavours to provide adequate protection to workers in the workplace. The history of exposure to asbestos is also covered.

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.

Historical Mining Disasters

Author : Jane DeMarchi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Historical Mining Disasters written by Jane DeMarchi and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pretoria Pit Disaster

Author : Alan Davies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848689244
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book The Pretoria Pit Disaster written by Alan Davies and published by . This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic and chilling story of Lancashire's worst coal mining accident, which was also the third worst mining disaster in British history.

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:

Death Underground

Author : Robert E Hartley
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809387991
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (879 download)

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Download or read book Death Underground written by Robert E Hartley and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2006-07-24 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Death Underground: The Centralia and West Frankfort Mine Disasters examines two of the most devastating coal mine disasters in United States history since 1928. In two southern Illinois towns only forty miles apart, explosions killed 111 men at the Centralia No. 5 mine in 1947 and 119 men at the New Orient No. 2 mine in West Frankfort in 1951. Robert E. Hartley and David Kenney explain the causes of the accidents, identify who was to blame, and detail the emotional impact the disasters had on the survivors, their families, and their communities. Politics at the highest level of Illinois government played a critical role in the conditions that led to the accidents. Hartley and Kenney address how safety was compromised when inspection reports were widely ignored by state mining officials and mine company supervisors. Highlighted is the role of Driscoll Scanlan, a state inspector at Centralia, who warned of an impending disaster but whose political enemies shifted the blame to him, ruining his career. Hartley and Kenney also detail the New Orient No. 2 mine explosion, the attempts at rescue, and the resulting political spin circulated by labor, management, and the state bureaucracy. They outline the investigation, the subsequent hearings, and the efforts in Congress to legislate greater mine safety. Hartley and Kenney include interviews with the survivors, a summary of the investigative records, and an analysis of the causes of both mine accidents. They place responsibility for the disasters on individual mine owners, labor unions, and state officials, providing new interpretations not previously presented in the literature. Augmented by twenty-nine illustrations, the volume also covers the history, culture, and ethnic pluralism of coal mining in Illinois and the United States.

Death in the Mines

Author : John Stuart Richards
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625844247
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Death in the Mines written by John Stuart Richards and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-28 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivid accounts of the dangers that miners faced on a daily basis in the northern, southern, and middle coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania. Since 1870, mining disasters have claimed the lives of over 30,000 men and boys who toiled underground in the anthracite mines of Pennsylvania. Sometimes they survived; many times they did not. The constant threat of fire, explosion, collapsed rock and deadly gas brought miners face to face with death on a daily basis. Through original journal and newspaper accounts, J. Stuart Richards’s Death in the Mines revisits Pennsylvania’s most notorious mining accidents and rescue attempts from 1869 to 1943. From the fire at Avondale Colliery that resulted in the first law for regulation and inspection of mines, to the gas explosion at Lytle Mine in Primrose that killed fourteen men, Richards reveals multiple facets of Pennsylvania’s most perilous profession. Richards, whose family has worked in the mines since 1870, offers a startling yet sensitive tribute to an industry and occupation that is often overlooked and underappreciated.

The Breaker Whistle Blows

Author : Ellis W. Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Breaker Whistle Blows written by Ellis W. Roberts and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mines and Quarries. Reports ... 4. Lancashire, North Wales and Ireland Division

Author : Great Britain. Mines Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Mines and Quarries. Reports ... 4. Lancashire, North Wales and Ireland Division written by Great Britain. Mines Department and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Coal Mine Disasters in the Modern Era c. 1900–1980

Author : Brian Elliott
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1473858860
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Book Synopsis Coal Mine Disasters in the Modern Era c. 1900–1980 by : Brian Elliott

Download or read book Coal Mine Disasters in the Modern Era c. 1900–1980 written by Brian Elliott and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “These haunting images, with well-researched facts, figures and timelines providing context, bring the bygone era of 20th-century coal mining to life.”—Family Tree Although everyday fatalities in mines was far greater, it was the disasters that encouraged those in power to reform the way in which miners had to work underground, especially with regard to safety. And it would be no exaggeration to say that it was the disasters that greatly contributed to bringing the coal industry into national control. Sadly, for bereaved individuals and families, nothing could really compensate for the loss of one or more of a loved one. The impact of the big disasters, where hundreds of men and boys—one or two generations—were lost, immediately, the impact was massive, and continued to be felt many years afterwards. New and restored disaster memorials bear testimony to the great respect that former mining communities continue to have for their “lost miners.” Using many previously unpublished images, and a carefully supportive text, the author provides a detailed overview of mining disasters in the modern era, from the early 1900s to the 1980s. It is the first book of its kind to attempt such a large project in pictorial form with a foreword by Ceri Thompson, curator of the Big Pit, the Welsh national mining museum. The book is published at a particularly poignant time, after the recent closure of Britain’s last deep coal mine. “So many remarkable photographs and drawings: The story may be tragic, but it is one that lies at the very heart of the history of coal mining in Britain.”—WDYTYA? magazine

Death in the Mines

Author : J. Stuart Richards
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781540204462
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Death in the Mines written by J. Stuart Richards and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report on the Cherry Mine Disaster

Author : Illinois. Bureau Of Statistics
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230456652
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (566 download)

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Download or read book Report on the Cherry Mine Disaster written by Illinois. Bureau Of Statistics and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ... parts of the workings, and that they had found groupes of men in the dry parts, all dead. Pumps were being made ready in the meantime to remove the water, partially at least, from the third vein workings so that the bodies could be recovered. During the succeeding few hours, however, it was noticed that the fire from the south and east sides of the main shaft, was slowly encroaching on the shaft itself. Holes were cut in the shaft lining as high as 30 feet from the bottom, and streams of water thrown in behind the shaft lining; but the steam and smoke continued to issue from the openings cut and also from the sides of the shaft, in increasing quantities; to offset this a board stopping was built around the south and east sides of the shaft, and as close thereto, as the working of the cages would permit, and a stopping closed tight, near the bottom of the airshaft. The object of this was to deaden, or partially subdue, the fire thought to be burning between those points; this, however, was not entirely successful as the smoke from behind the shaft lining, which formerly passed to the east and around to the upcast or airshaft, was now carried to the west side of the main shaft, and the rescuers there practically driven from the mine. A strong smell of coal smoke was noted indicating that the coal pillars were on fire, and as the gases given off by burning coal were known to be dangerous, great caution became necessary. Sometime shortly after midnight on the morning of Thursday, November 25, a consultation was held, at which, the President of the State Mining Board, chief of the fire department; expert helmet men from Champaign, the Illinois mine inspectors and representatives of the St. Paul Coal Company were present. The situation was...