Bentley Colliery disaster

Title

Bentley Colliery disaster

Genre

Interview

TX Date

21 Nov 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:01:19

Description

Interview with Arthur Scargill, NUM leader, 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). Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Arthur Scargill

Keywords

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

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