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Newspaper Articles about Clifton Colliery

DateHeadline(s)
 04 Sep 1838  News
 06 Dec 1866  Fatal Coal Pit Accident
 09 May 1867  Coal Pit Accident at Clifton
 10 Dec 1879  Malicious Damage at A Colliery
 05 Oct 1882  Fatal Colliery Accident at Great Clifton
 08 Mar 1883  Accident at the Clifton William Pit
 17 May 1883  Accident at the Clifton Collieries
 12 Jul 1883  Great Clifton Colliery Accident
 01 May 1884  Accident at Great Clifton
 08 May 1884  Colliery Accident at Clifton
 15 May 1884  The Fatal Accident At Broughton
 20 Sep 1888  Fatal Accident At Great Clifton
 06 Mar 1890  Stealing Props From William Pit
 28 Jun 1894  Killed By A Fall Of Roof
 05 Sep 1895  Accident To A Young Man At Clifton
 25 Mar 1897  Serious Accident At Clifton Colliery
 22 Apr 1897  Serious Accident At William Pit, Great Clifton
 29 Apr 1897  Fatality At Great Clifton
 29 Apr 1897  Contravening The Mines Act At Great Clifton
 11 Nov 1897  Accident To A Miner At Great Clifton
 05 May 1898  Serious Accident At William Pit, Great Clifton
 12 May 1898  Accident At William Pit, Great Clifton
 24 Aug 1898  Buckhill and Clifton Collieries Excursion
 27 Oct 1898  Contravening The Coal Mine Regulation Act At Workington
 09 Nov 1899  Fatality At Clifton
 23 Nov 1899  The Fatal Accident At William Pit, Great Clifton
 01 Feb 1900  Accident At Wiliam Pit, Great Clifton
 08 Mar 1900  Clifton Colliery
 08 Mar 1900  Serious Accident At William Pit
 17 May 1900  Infraction Of The Coal Mines Acts At Clifton
 26 Sep 1901  Serious Colliery Accident At Great Clifton
 19 Sep 1903  The Clifton Pit Accident
 19 Sep 1903  The Miners' Strike at Broughton
 22 Dec 1904  Miners And Dangerous Practices At Workington
 10 Aug 1905  Shocking Fatality To A Great Clifton Miner
 19 Sep 1907  Colliery Prosecution At Workington
Dangerous Practice At Allerdale Pit
 02 Jun 1910  Allerdale Colliery Company's Clifton Pit
Doubling Of The Shift
 16 Feb 1911  Colliery Prosecution At Workington
Question Of Pipe And Matches
Weak Point In The Evidence
 02 Mar 1911  News
 09 Mar 1911  Shocking Fatality At Great Clifton
Sharp Passage At Arms With Mr. Andrew Sharp
Amusing Scene
 13 Apr 1911  Terrible Fatality At William Pit, Great Clifton
Inquest At Workington
 10 Aug 1911  Fatality To Young Pitman At Clifton
 06 Aug 1914  Severe Explosion At William Pit, Clifton
Three Men Killed, And One Injured
 06 May 1915  Adjourned Inquest At Great Clifton
Result Of Post-Mortem
 28 Oct 1915  Shocking Accident At Clifton Pit
Miner Killed and Brother Severely Injured
 23 Mar 1916  Prosecution Of Colliery Manager And Deputy At Workington
 27 Nov 1920  Chapter of Accidents at Clifton
 02 Mar 1922  Fatality At Great Clifton Pit
Killed By Fall Of Roof
 20 Mar 1924  Greysouthen Miner's Accident
 27 Mar 1924  Accident At Clifton Colliery
 12 Jun 1924  Fatally Gassed
Clifton Colliery Incident
 19 Jun 1924  Inquest On Gassed Miner
Workington Deputy And His Lamp
Coroner's Comments
 23 Oct 1924  Gassed Miner
Inadequate Ventilation Charge
Sequel To Death In Clifton Pit
 27 Nov 1924  Engineman's Fatal Accident
Dark Spot In A Clifton Colliery
Struck By Belt Clasp
 05 Feb 1925  Questions At Inquests
Coroner On Public Rights
 06 Aug 1925  Killed In Engine Room
Workington Widow's Application
Body In Recess
 01 Oct 1925  Mistaken Identity
Sequel To Clifton Pit Fatality
Workington Miner Crushed By Tub
 15 Oct 1925  Fatality At Great Clifton
Fall Of Stone At William Pit
 22 Oct 1925  Price Paid For Coal
"The Miner Pays"
Mr. Barker's Remark At Workington Inquest
 03 Dec 1925  Fast Between Buffers
Inquest On "Brake" Boy Killed In William Pit
Full Tub Which Should Not Have Been On Road
 10 Dec 1925  A Dear Price
Cost Of Lesson On "Safety First"
Clifton Colliery Fatality
 18 Feb 1926  Mysterious Fall Of 100 Tons
Evidence At Inquest
 18 Feb 1926  Smothered
Workington Hewer Under 100 Tons Of Metal
Courageous Attempt At Rescue
 03 Jul 1926  News and Notes
 24 Feb 1927  Mining Accidents
Three Per Day
Whitehaven Youth Killed
 15 Dec 1927  A Fresh Crisis
At Allerdale Pits
 15 Dec 1927  The Dirt Problem
 19 Feb 1931  Haig Pit Disaster
Cumberland Miners' Council Grant Of £800
Question Of Sunday Work
 15 Sep 1932  Caught In Machinery
Clifton Youth Fatally Injured
 14 Jun 1934  Unseen Pit Fatality
Boy Run Over By Tub
 21 Oct 1937  Former Footballer Killed In Clifton Pit
 11 Nov 1937  Miners' Lucky Escape
Clifton Colliery Accidents
 28 Jan 1938  Personal Notes
 10 Feb 1938  Pit Accident
 07 Apr 1938  Died In Clifton Pit
 03 Nov 1938  Seaton Miner's Lucky Escape
Missed Fall By Inches
 1941  Clotting Of Blood
Great Broughton Man's Strange Death
 28 Oct 1943  Crushed By Fall Of Stone
Dearham Miner's Lucky Escape
 08 Feb 1945  Run Away Pit Waggons
Blocked Main Railway Line
 29 Nov 1945  Clifton Pit Accident
 31 Jan 1946  Clifton Miner Retires
Worked Underground 61 Years
 09 May 1946  Pit Head Blaze
600 Miners Underground Did Not Know
 27 Nov 1947  Retired Pony Rescued
 25 Dec 1947  Miners Hurt At Work
 10 Jun 1948  Colliery Surface Worker
Fatally Hurt By Wagon
 13 May 1954  Clifton Man Hurt In Pit Accident

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