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Date	Headline(s)
06 Sep 1828	News
11 Nov 1850	Fearful Coal-Pit Explosions
13 Nov 1850	Awful Colliery Explosion
14 Nov 1850	The Explosion at Houghton Colliery
16 Nov 1850	Weekly Retrospect Colliery Explosions
16 Nov 1850	Destructive Explosion At One Of Lord Durham's Collieries Twenty-Six Lives Lost
23 Nov 1850	The Colliery Explosion at Houghton
23 Nov 1850	The Late Colliery Explosion At Houghton Coroner's Inquest
27 Nov 1852	Coroners' Inquests
14 Jan 1854	Coroners' Inquests
02 Jun 1855	Local And District News
30 May 1857	The Prince Of Wales In A Coal Pit
14 Apr 1864	A Pit on Fire
03 Nov 1866	Atrocious outrage by a Pitman
15 Jan 1896	Colliery Fatalities
15 Jul 1896	Fatality at Houghton Pit Shocking Accident
17 Jul 1896	The Houghton Fatality
10 Mar 1903	District News Houghton-le-Spring
24 Dec 1908	Colliery Dispute
24 Dec 1908	Colliery Dispute
29 Dec 1908	The Durham Colliery Dispute
02 Jan 1909	Action Against Pit Boys
Jan 1910	Nearly 60,000 Strikers Position In The North
02 Mar 1916	Pit Fatality At Houghton Complaint As To Lack Of Bandages
08 Nov 1920	Killed On First Shift After Coal Strike
09 Nov 1920	His First Day Back
02 May 1925	Another Pit to be Closed
23 Apr 1927	News and Notes
08 Nov 1931	57 Years' Service Whitburn Colliery Official Retires
17 Mar 1933	News in Brief
11 Apr 1933	News in Brief
05 Jan 1934	Surplus of £524
14 Apr 1934	Training Boys In Safety
13 Apr 1935	In Royal Academy
24 Apr 1936	Old Pit Reopening
24 Aug 1936	Miners Propose Holidays With Pay Scheme Effects On Employment Attitude Of Lambton Group Owners
04 Dec 1936	Notes from the Coal Fields Northumberland and Durham
30 Jul 1937	Notes from the Coal Fields Northumberland and Durham
13 Aug 1937	Notes from the Coal Fields Northumberland and Durham
03 Sep 1937	Labour and Wages North of England
10 Sep 1937	Labour and Wages North of England
10 Sep 1937	Notes from the Coal Fields Northumberland and Durham
02 Oct 1937	Summonses Against Miners Withdrawn
08 Oct 1937	Labour and Wages North of England
11 Feb 1938	Labour and Wages North of England
18 Feb 1938	Obituary
29 Apr 1942	Overtime In Pit Domestic Matter, Says Coroner
26 Aug 1947	Pit Dismissals for Absenteeism Colliery's Lower Outpur
04 Sep 1947	Absentees Warned
08 Apr 1958	Miners Warned on Pit's Future Loss of £ a ton
03 Mar 1960	Pit twice reprieved is doomed
14 Feb 1981	Talks on pit closures offered to miners
08 Oct 1981	Coal board half way to closures target

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