Northumberland and Cumberland mining disasters / Maureen Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Maureen, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal mine accidents--England--Northumberland--History.

Coal mine accidents.

Coal mine accidents--England--Cumberland--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Wharncliffe Books an imprint of Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 act

Contents:

""Other Titles in the Series""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One - Brief Accounts of Multiple Fatalities from 1710""; ""Part Two - The Pit Children""; ""(1) Pit: Killingworth""; ""(2) Pit: Heaton Main""; ""(3) Pit: Kell""; ""(4) Pit: Russell""; ""(5) Pit: Walker""; ""(6) Pit: William""; ""(7) Pit: Croft""; ""(8) Pit: Whitley""; ""(9) Pit: Church""; ""(10) Pit: Burdon Main""; ""(11) Pit: Workington""; ""(12) Pit: John""; ""(13) Pit: Church""; ""(14) Pit: William""; ""(15) Pit: Bigge""

""Part Three - Fire, Air and Water""""(16) Pit: Duke""; ""(17) Pit: Dearham""; ""(18) Pit: West Moor""; ""(19) Pit: Whinney Hill""; ""(20) Pit: West Moor""; ""(21) Pit: Greenlaw Walls""; ""(22) Pit: Burradon""; ""(23) Pit: New Hartley""; ""(24) Pit: Walker""; ""(25) Pit: Coxlodge""; ""(26) Pit: Seghill""; ""(27) Pit: Walker""; ""(28) Pit: St Helen�s""; ""Part Four - The Twentieth Century � and Still They Die""; ""(29) Pit: Wellington""; ""(30) Pit: Brayton Domain""; ""(31) Pit: Woodhorn""; ""(32) Pit: Haig""; ""(33) Pit: Montagu Main""; ""(34) Pit: Edward""; ""(35) Pit: Haig""

""(36) Pit: Haig""""(37) Pit: William""; ""(38) Pit: Harrington""; ""(39) Pit: William""; ""(40) Pit: Weetslade""; ""Glossary of Mining Terms""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783402618

178340261X

9781783409891

1783409894

OCLC:

854974978