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Newspaper Articles about Pelton Colliery

DateHeadline(s)
 20 Feb 1847  The Clanny Safety Lamp
 20 Sep 1851  Explosion At Washington Colliery
Subscriptions On Behalf Of The Sufferers
 14 Oct 1854  Proposed New Commercial Locality
Meeting Of Quayside Merchants
 13 Jun 1857  Opening Of The Pontop Branch Of The North-Eastern Railway
 14 Apr 1860  The Burradon Inquest
 18 Jan 1862  Presentation And Supper At Pelton Fell
 02 May 1863  Fatal Accident
 19 Jan 1866  Serious Colliery Accident Near Chester-le-Street
Five Boys Killed
 31 Oct 1866  Fatal Accident In A Mine
 02 Nov 1866  Fatal Colliery Explosion
 09 Nov 1866  The Pelton Colliery Explosion
 10 Nov 1866  Terrible Colliery Explosion
Twenty-four lives lost
 17 Nov 1866  The Pelton Fell Colliery Explosion
 07 Jun 1878  Trade, Work, and Wages
 14 Feb 1899  Result of Tenders
 01 Feb 1911  The North-East Coast
Electricity At Collieries
 09 Mar 1928  Pits Closed Down
 15 Jun 1929  Pelton Colliery Re-Opened
 08 Mar 1930  Thought For The Women
 20 May 1932  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 20 May 1932  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 29 Jun 1932  Accident in Durham Mine
Three Men Killed
 01 Jul 1932  Pit Shaft Accident at Pelton Fell
Three Men Killed
Cage Plunges into Sump
 09 Jul 1932  Pit Cage Crash
 23 Jul 1932  Heroic Master Shifter
 12 Aug 1932  Labour and Wages
North of England
 04 Oct 1932  Award of Edward Medal
 15 Oct 1932  Edward Medal Awards
 15 Apr 1933  Octogenarians' Claim
 24 Dec 1937  Labour and Wages
North of England
 24 Dec 1937  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 16 Sep 1938  Notes From The Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 23 May 1952  Miner Is New Chairman

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