Bentley Colliery disaster

Title

Bentley Colliery disaster

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Nov 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:42

Description

Ian Rufus reports on the pit disaster at Bentley Colliery near Doncaster, when an underground train crashed killing seven miners. Speaking are: Dave Ketteridge, NCB; miner in rescue team (not identified). (The dead were later named as: J Mitchell, R Aitcheson, K Green, G Henderson, M E Hickman, D. Box, D R Hall).

Contributors

Ian Rufus; Dave Ketteridge

Keywords

Deaths; Trade unions; Coal mining; Underground trains; NUM; Coal industry; Coal miners; NCB; Trains; Coal mines; Rescue work; Coal mine accidents; Search and rescue operations; Doncaster; Bentley Colliery

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