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  1. Fifty-Seven Dead in Mine Blast

    Date released
    10 Aug 1936
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    569
    NoS ID
    034650
    Story no
    2 / 5

    Colliery disaster in Yorkshire. 3am explosion causes biggest death-roll since Wrexham tragedy.

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  2. Gormley on mine tragedy (1979)

    Genre
    Interview

    Joe Gormley, President of the NUM, on the accidental explosion in the Golborne pit, in which 3 men died. Gormley reminds the public that this is the price of coal, and promises a full inquiry to find out...

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  3. Mine Blast Kills 140

    Date released
    30 Apr 1934
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    331
    NoS ID
    033226
    Story no
    4 / 5

    Worst coal disaster in Yugoslavia’s history. Pathetic pithead scenes follow appalling firedamp explosion in state colliery.

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  4. Mine Blast Kills 56

    Date released
    21 May 1934
    Series name
    British Paramount News
    Issue no
    337
    NoS ID
    033262
    Story no
    2 / 5

    Two explosions in two days. King Leopold conveys sympathy to bereaved in country’s worst colliery disaster for years.

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  5. LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS

    Date released
    Jun 1964
    Series name
    Mining Review 17th Year
    Issue no
    10
    NoS ID
    346248
    Story no
    2 / 4

    BFI synopsis: A look at the miner’s safety lamp. NCB Commentary - They used to say "Don’t go down the mine, daddy," but for hundreds of years miners have done just that. In the early years the coal was...

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