Lofthouse Colliery disaster information

1°30′18″W / 53.715°N 1.505°W / 53.715; -1.505 The Lofthouse Colliery disaster was a mining accident in Lofthouse, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, on...

1957), Canadian ice hockey player Nat Lofthouse (1925–2011), British footballer Lofthouse Colliery disaster Lofthouse of Fleetwood, a British company which...

6, 1972: Wankie coal mine disaster Wankie, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, 426 fatalities. March 21, 1973: Lofthouse Colliery disaster, West Yorkshire, England, seven...

Orgreave Colliery was a coal mine situated adjacent to the main line of the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway about 5 miles (8 km) east of Sheffield...

Kellingley Colliery, known affectionately as the 'Big K', was a deep coal mine in North Yorkshire, England, 3.6 miles (5.8 km) east of Ferrybridge power...

Wanderers player having joined them in 1939 Lofthouse was conscripted in 1943 and worked in Mosley Common colliery as a Bevin Boy. He married Alma Foster in...

"Maltby Pit Disaster of 1923", www.rotherhamweb.co.uk, retrieved 28 May 2012 "27 Miners Killed, Terrific Explosion in Maltby Colliery, England", The...

representation, with a possible All-Ireland council. March 21 – The Lofthouse Colliery disaster occurs in Great Britain. Seven miners are trapped underground;...

visit in July 1912, but left early to drive to Cadeby Colliery after learning of the disaster that had befallen that pit on the very same day. Queen...

Hatfield Colliery, also known as Hatfield Main Colliery, was a colliery in the South Yorkshire Coalfield, mining the High Hazel coal seam. The colliery was...

The Lundhill Colliery explosion was a coal mining accident which took place on 19 February 1857 in Wombwell, Yorkshire, UK in which 189 men and boys aged...

replacement London Bridge. 21 March – Seven men are killed in the Lofthouse Colliery disaster in Yorkshire. 26 March – Women are admitted into the London Stock...

The Prince of Wales Colliery was a coal mine that operated for over 130 years in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was permanently closed in 2002...

in total being presented in the aftermath of the disaster. An inquest was opened up at the colliery two days later. The mines department also held an...

Lofthouse Colliery disaster in 1973: Water from the abandoned Low Laithes Colliery (near Ossett) broke through the coal face into Lofthouse Colliery, killing...

The Birley Collieries were a group of coal mines set in the Shire Brook Valley in south-east Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They were connected to...

53°29′49″N 1°25′05″W / 53.497°N 1.418°W / 53.497; -1.418 The Elsecar Collieries were the coal mines sunk in and around Elsecar, a small village to the...

The Peckfield pit disaster was a mining accident at the Peckfield Colliery in Micklefield, West Yorkshire, England, which occurred on Thursday 30 April...

worst mining disaster in England. A series of explosions caused by firedamp ripped through the underground workings at the Oaks Colliery at Hoyle Mill...

The Cadeby Main Pit Disaster was a coal mining accident on 9 July 1912 which occurred at Cadeby Main Colliery in Cadeby, West Riding of Yorkshire, England...

Huskar was the scene of a notorious pit disaster in 4 July 1838. In 1838 Huskar was connected to Moorend Colliery, and used for ventilation. It had a vertical...

Manvers Main Colliery was a coal mine, sunk on land belonging to the Earl Manvers on the northern edge of Wath-upon-Dearne, between that town and Mexborough...

53°32′06″N 1°16′55″W / 53.535°N 1.282°W / 53.535; -1.282 Barnburgh Main Colliery was a coal mine situated on the outskirts of the village of Barnburgh,...

I had been getting for over nine months were not true." The Lofthouse Colliery disaster killed seven miners in Great Britain. . Iran nationalized all...

and Rothwell, starting in 1978-9 with the transfer of miners from Walton Colliery, near Wakefield. The collation of the workforce was due to be completed...

Barrow Colliery was a coal mine in Worsborough, South Yorkshire, England. It was first dug in 1873, with the first coal being brought to the surface in...

Yorkshire Main Colliery was a coal mine situated within the village of Edlington, south west of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. The colliery was created...