Bentley Colliery disaster

Title

Bentley Colliery disaster

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

2 Nov 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:01:26

Description

Press interview with Derek Ezra, National Coal Board Chairman, on the pit disaster at Bentley Colliery near Doncaster, when an underground train crashed. Seven miners were killed in the accident (later named as: J Mitchell, R Aitcheson, K Green, G Henderson, M E Hickman, D Box, D R Hall).

Contributors

Derek Ezra

Keywords

Deaths; Coal mining; Underground trains; Coal industry; Coal miners; NCB; Trains; Coal mines; Coal mine accidents; Doncaster; Bentley Colliery

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