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Newspaper Articles about Murton Colliery

DateHeadline(s)
 05 Jul 1844  Durham Midsummer Sessions
 30 Jan 1845  Seaham Harbour
News
 08 Apr 1848  Fatal Pugilistic Encounter
 05 Aug 1848  Durham Summer Assizes
 18 Aug 1848  Dreadful Colliery Explosion
 19 Aug 1848  Dreadful Colliery Explosion
Loss of Fourteen Lives
 26 Aug 1848  Dreadful Colliery Explosion
Fourteen Lives Lost
 26 Aug 1848  The Late Dreadful Colliery Explosion
 09 Nov 1849  Coroners' Inquests
 10 Nov 1849  Fatal Accidents in Coal Mines
 16 Mar 1850  Coal Miners' Soirees
 30 Mar 1850  Application of Hydraulic Pressure
 15 Jun 1850  Colliery Accidents
 29 Jun 1850  Coroner's Inquests
 02 Nov 1850  Coroner's Inquests
 27 Dec 1850  Inquests
 29 Mar 1851  Death In A Coal Pit
 06 Sep 1851  Coroners' Inquests
 14 Feb 1852  Coroners' Inquests
 24 Jul 1852  Coroners' Inquests
 18 Feb 1853  Londonderry And Seaham Railway
 23 Jul 1853  Miners' Wages
 30 Jul 1853  Termination of Pitmen's Strikes
 27 Jan 1854  Coroners' Inquests
Death In A Pit
 20 Sep 1856  Colliery Accident
 07 Feb 1857  Workmen's Supper
 08 Jan 1858  Manslaughter At Murton Colliery
 19 Mar 1858  Killed In A Pit
 03 Sep 1858  Fatal Colliery Accident
 26 Nov 1858  Death From A Fall Of Stone
 03 Dec 1858  Fatal Accident At Murton Colliery
 30 Jul 1864  Manslaughter At Murton
 30 Jul 1864  Manslaughter At Murton Colliery
 06 Aug 1864  Coroners' Inquests
Fatal Accident At Murton Colliery
 22 Feb 1870  The Two Men Killed In Murton Colliery
 18 Dec 1876  Fatal Accident At Murton Colliery
 11 Jun 1885  Fatal accident to a coal hewer at Murton Colliery
 21 Aug 1888  Extensive Colliery Strike
 28 Nov 1892  The Fatality At Murton
 27 Apr 1893  Fatality At Murton Colliery
 21 Jun 1897  Death In The Mine
Killed at Murton
 02 May 1898  Fatality at Murton Colliery
 05 May 1898  The Fatalities At Murton Colliery
The Inquest
 05 Dec 1900  Accident At Murton
 06 Nov 1901  Retirement Of A New Seaham Official
Memories Of The Great Explosion
 31 Aug 1906  Fatal accident at Murton Colliery
 07 Apr 1910  The Northumberland Coalfield
 08 Apr 1910  End Of the Strike In Durham
 06 Jun 1910  Murton Putters Summoned
 18 Jan 1911  The North-East Coast
Electricity At Collieries
 02 Jan 1925  Award of Edward Medals
 Sep 1925  Trapped Durham Miner’s Agonising Ordeal
Takes Command Of Rescue Party When Pinioned By Fall Of Stone
Dramatic Story Of Pit Heroism
 02 Jul 1927  News and Notes
 16 Jul 1927  Institution Of Mining Engineers
 27 Aug 1927  News and Notes
 Mar 1928  Coroner praises rescue work of Murton Miners
 20 Mar 1928  Bravery In The Mine
Murton Inquest
Rescuers Who Worked At Great Risk
 11 Feb 1930  Award of Edward Medal
 22 Feb 1930  Edward Medal Award
 03 Oct 1931  Aged Miners' Homes
 26 Dec 1931  Aged Miners' Homes
 30 Dec 1931  News in Brief
 05 Feb 1932  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 06 Feb 1932  Aged Miners' Homes
 08 Apr 1932  Labour and Wages
North of England
 20 May 1932  Obituary
 15 Oct 1932  Giant Coal Block
 13 Mar 1934  100 Per Cent Success
 31 Mar 1934  New Overwind Device
 13 Apr 1934  Murton Miners' Letter
 07 Jul 1934  Winding Accidents: Their Cause And Prevention
 13 Jul 1934  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 21 Jul 1934  Miners' Welfare
 19 Sep 1934  Increasing Safety in Miners
New Devices to Prevent Accidents
 10 Nov 1934  Cage Fall In A Pit
Winding Accident
Six Men Taken To Hospital
 16 Nov 1934  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 24 Nov 1934  Murton Cage Accident
 28 Dec 1934  Safety In Mines
 25 Feb 1935  Eppleton Team's Success
Amulance Shield Won
 25 Feb 1935  Mining Federation
 01 Jul 1935  Safety Badges
Presented To 40 Murton Pit Boys
 20 Jul 1935  Fifty Years An Official
 26 Jul 1935  Obituary
 18 Oct 1935  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 06 Dec 1935  Personal Notes
 07 Jan 1936  Hundred Per Cent Successes
Murton Mining Class Awards
 27 Mar 1936  Ambulance Test
 28 Mar 1936  Veterans of the Pit
 15 Apr 1936  Every Candidate Successful
Murton Award Of Mine Safety Badges
 11 Jul 1936  Three Miners Who Collapsed
Verdicts of "Natural Causes"
Heart Failure
 17 Jul 1936  Personal Notes
 24 Jul 1936  Personal Notes
 01 Aug 1936  Appointment
 24 Aug 1936  Pit Safety Badges
Presentation To Murton Students
 28 Aug 1936  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 16 Oct 1936  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 16 Oct 1936  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 23 Oct 1936  Personal Notes
 23 Oct 1936  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 07 Nov 1936  Helping Aged Miners
 14 Jan 1937  Mining Safety Successes
 20 May 1937  Another Ballot Necessary
 06 Aug 1937  Obituary
 10 Sep 1937  Personal Notes
 10 Sep 1937  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 17 Sep 1937  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 08 Oct 1937  Notes from the Coalfields
Northumberland and Durham
 29 Oct 1937  Notes from the Coalfields
Northumberland and Durham
 22 Dec 1937  Four Miners Killed
Artificial Respiration Tried For Two Hours
 24 Dec 1937  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 24 Dec 1937  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 29 Dec 1937  Explosion in a Durham Pit
Inquest Opened on Four Victims
Evidence of Finding Gas
 31 Dec 1937  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 07 Jan 1938  Notes From The Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 07 Jan 1938  Personal Notes
 24 Jan 1938  Eppleton and Murton First-Aid Successes
Contests For Shield
Both Teams Qualify For Final
 31 Jan 1938  Murton Pit Explosion Sequel : Board's Proposals
 04 Feb 1938  Personal Notes
 11 Feb 1938  Personal Notes
 18 Feb 1938  Personal Notes
 11 Mar 1938  Personal Notes
 06 May 1938  Obituary
 29 Aug 1938  Murton Surplus of £373
 08 Sep 1938  "Exam" Successes
 16 Sep 1938  Personal Notes
 23 Sep 1938  Labour and Wages
North of England
 27 Dec 1938  Diamond Wedding
 27 Dec 1938  Fifty Years Married
 28 Jan 1939  Miners' Welfare Fund
 11 Feb 1939  Pithead Baths
 03 Jun 1939  Murton
 18 May 1940  Murton Man Killed In Mine
 24 Aug 1940  Notes On Safety Organisation. — II
 08 Jan 1941  Safety In Mines
 20 Apr 1942  Mine Safety Badges
 27 Jun 1942  Durham Colliery Explosion
Eight Men Killed
 27 Jun 1942  Murton Pit Disaster Heroism
13 Lives Lost In Explosion
Putter Saves Blazing Boy
 29 Jun 1942  News in Brief
 29 Jun 1942  A Former Disaster
 29 Jun 1942  Murton Hero Tells Of Pit Disaster
 29 Jun 1942  Murton Brother' Casualties
 30 Jun 1942  Murton Mourns Pit Explosion Victims
 30 Jun 1942  Golden Wedding
 11 Jul 1942  News and Notes
 26 Oct 1942  Murton Hero's Award
Sequel To Pit Explosion
 23 Nov 1942  Murton Pit Hero
Tributes At Two Ceremonies
 23 Jan 1943  Died in Pit
 03 Feb 1943  Murton Family's Tragedy
 06 Feb 1943  Murton Colliery Explosion
 28 Oct 1946  Extra Meat For Miners
15,000 Applications In Easington Area
 30 Aug 1956  2,600 Men Join Pit Strike
 04 Jan 1957  More Coal to be Shipped from Seaham Harbour

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