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Newspaper Articles about St. Helen's Colliery (CUL)

DateHeadline(s)
 09 Apr 1868  Strike Of Pitmen at Maryport
 22 Feb 1872  Assault In A Coal Mine
 17 Jun 1875  Coal Pit Accident Near Flimby
 15 Feb 1877  Smoking In A Coal Pit
 07 Jun 1877  Assaulting A Non-Unionist
 19 Jul 1877  Alleged Perjury at Maryport
 21 Nov 1878  The Fatal Accident at St. Helen's Colliery
 21 Nov 1878  The Fatal Mining Accident at Flimby
 03 Apr 1879  Pit Accident
 15 Jul 1880  Accident at Flimby
 28 Jul 1881  Accident at Flimby
 18 Aug 1881  Accident at St Helen’s Colliery
 25 Mar 1882  Shocking Accident
 06 Apr 1882  Inquest at Seaton
 27 Sep 1883  Fatal Accident at Flimby
 15 Nov 1883  Accident at St Helen's Colliery
 08 May 1884  Accident at the New Pit Near Workington
 15 May 1884  Accident at the New Pit
 20 Apr 1888  Terrible Colliery Explosion
 21 Apr 1888  The Colliery Explosion In Cumberland
 23 Apr 1888  The Workington Colliery Explosion
 24 Apr 1888  Workington Colliery Explosion
 26 Apr 1888  Appalling Pit Disaster Near Workington
Thirty Men Killed At St. Helens Colliery
 26 Apr 1888  The Workington Pit Disaster
Condition Of The Mine
Consultation By Mining Inspectors, Managers, And Directors
 26 Apr 1888  Military Funeral Of Sergeant Smith
 30 Apr 1888  Letters to the Editor
The Workington Colliery Explosion
 01 May 1888  The Workington Colliery Disaster
 03 May 1888  The St. Helens Pit Calamity
 10 May 1888  St. Helens Colliery Explosion
 17 May 1888  The Workington Disaster
Further Diving Operations — Recovery Of Bodies
 18 May 1888  The Workington Colliery Explosion
 24 May 1888  St. Helens Colliery Disaster
 24 May 1888  The St. Helens Colliery Disaster
The Inquest Before Mr. Lumb
 25 May 1888  The Workington Colliery Explosion
 26 May 1888  The Workington Colliery Explosion
 31 May 1888  St. Helens Colliery Disaster
Verdict Of The Jury
 07 Jun 1888  St. Helen's Colliery
Proving A New Seam
 07 Jun 1888  Correspondence
The Workington Disaster
 14 Jun 1888  The St. Helen's Colliery Disaster
The Adjourned Inquest: Scenes Between The Coroner And Foreman
 11 Aug 1888  Closing Scenes Of The St. Helen's Disaster
The Funerals Of Halstead And Tunstall
Painful Incident At The Church Gates
 30 May 1889  St. Helens Colliery Disaster
Resumption Of The Inquest
Examination Of Beatty, The All Important Witness
 31 Oct 1889  Offence Against The Mines Act At St. Helens Pit
The Workmen Injured
 25 Sep 1890  Fatality At St. Helens Colliery
 15 Jan 1891  Terrible Fatality At St. Helens Colliery
 15 Jan 1891  Serious Accident At St. Helens Colliery
 11 Feb 1892  Mining Accident At Siddick
 08 Sep 1892  Accident At St. Helens Colliery
 13 Oct 1892  The Fatality At St. Helens Colliery
 27 Jan 1893  Miner Killed At Workington
 02 Feb 1893  Serious Accident To A Driver At St. Helen's Colliery
 02 Feb 1893  The Mining Fatality At St. Helens Pit
 02 Mar 1893  Accident To A Maryport Collier
 09 Mar 1893  The West Cumberland Coal Trade
 30 Mar 1893  Miner Killed At St. Helens
 20 Apr 1893  Contravention Of Colliery Rules At St. Helens
 27 Apr 1893  An Interesting Mining Tour
 18 May 1893  Contravention Of Mine Regulation Act At St. Helens
 30 Aug 1894  Fatality At St. Helen's Colliery
 06 Sep 1894  The Fatality At St. Helens Colliery
 01 Nov 1894  Boy Killed At St. Helens Colliery
 04 Jun 1896  Accident To A Collier
 17 Sep 1896  Accident At Siddick Colliery
 29 Jul 1897  Pit Fatality At Flimby
 27 Jan 1898  Fatal Accident At St Helen's Colliery
 22 Mar 1900  Dynamite Explosion At Workington
 03 May 1900  Funeral Of The Young Man Killed At St. Helen's Colliery
 19 Sep 1903  The Miners' Strike at Broughton
 08 Jan 1904  Fatal Colliery Explosion
 14 Jan 1904  Workington Explosion
Heroic Act
 21 Jan 1904  The Explosion At St. Helens Pit
Adjourned Inquest
Heroic Action By Mining Engineers And Men
 17 Nov 1904  St Helens Colliery
Prosecution of Collier and a Very Serious Matter
 22 Jun 1905  Accident At St Helens Colliery
 30 Nov 1905  An Assault Of Four Years Ago
Workington Collier Brought To Justice
 18 Jan 1906  Accidental Death At Maryport
 24 May 1906  Accident At St Helens Colliery
 19 Jul 1906  Fatal Accident At St Helen's Colliery
Son Killed And Father Injured
 02 May 1907  Three Months With A Broken Back
Maryport Collier's Sad Death
 30 May 1907  Fatality At St Helen's Colliery
Wedged Between Wagon And Beam
 15 Dec 1910  Fire At Siddick Pit Top
Shift Thrown Idle
 07 Sep 1911  Important Development By The St. Helens Colliery Co.
Purchase Of Old West Cumberland Site
 29 Feb 1912  Disastrous Fire At St. Helens Pit
 29 Jan 1914  Accident At Siddick Pit
 10 Sep 1914  Youth Killed At St. Helens Pit
 10 Sep 1914  Fatal Colliery Accident
Flimby Miner Killed
 22 Jul 1920  Cumberland Mine Manager Injured
Fall Of Coal And Roof
 10 Feb 1921  Bad Accident To Pit Pony Driver
 20 Jul 1922  Dropped Dead In Siddick Pit
 28 Nov 1922  Cumberland Colliery Explosion
Three Miners Killed
 14 Dec 1922  Workington Explosion
Jury's verdict: "A Neligent Act."
 04 Jan 1923  Man Killed In Siddick Pit
Cumberland's Record Year For Fatalities
 07 Jun 1923  Siddick Miner Injured
 12 Jul 1923  Another Colliery Fatality At Siddick
Fifteen Year Old Pony Driver Killed
Coroner's Comments On Carelessness
 03 Jan 1924  Siddick Pit Accident
Maryport Miner Killed
Unlucky Change Of Shifts
 10 Jan 1924  Maryport Miner's Death
Under Two Tons Fall
 31 Jan 1924  Siddick Pit Accident
 24 Apr 1924  Crushed Between Tubs
Workington Coalminer's Fate
Possible Misjudgement
 22 Apr 1926  Three Tragedies In Local Pits
Falls Of Roof, And Fall Down Shaft
 24 Feb 1927  Mining Accidents
Three Per Day
Whitehaven Youth Killed
 29 Nov 1928  Fall Of Roof
 28 Apr 1930  Miners And Ambulance
Keen Competition At Whitehaven
 16 Oct 1930  Died At Coal Face
A Well Known Siddick Bowler
 21 May 1931  Notice To 1,400 Men Posted At St. Helen's Colliery
 18 Feb 1932  No Speeding Up
Workington Inquest
Seaton Miner Killed By Fall
 27 Apr 1933  Found His Brother Dying
Man Killed By Wagon Near Siddick Pit
 06 Jan 1934  News and Notes
 13 Jul 1934  Notes from the Coal Fields
Cumberland
 15 Jul 1937  Fell Down Shaft At St Helen's Pit
Apprentice Electrician Killed
 16 Sep 1937  Broughton Moor Miner Seriously Hurt
 02 Jul 1938  Safety Principles
St. Helens Colliery Examination
 03 Nov 1938  Narrow Escape From Death
Maryport Miner Struck By Wagon
 15 Dec 1938  Pit Hero Dead
Accident Of 40 Years Ago Recalled
 16 Jun 1939  Labour and Wages
North of England
 30 Jan 1941  Siddick Colliery Accident
 04 Dec 1941  Siddick Colliery Deputy's Accident
 12 May 1943  News
 13 May 1943  Fall Of Roof
Two Men Trapped
 30 Nov 1944  Siddick Pit Accident
 30 Nov 1944  Mining Accidents
Two Men In Hospital
 21 Dec 1944  RL Footballer Injured
Siddick Pit Accident
 18 Jan 1945  Siddick Foreman's Severe Injury
 13 Dec 1945  Siddick Pit Shaft Defect Affects 700 Men
 14 Apr 1949  Died Underground
 19 Apr 1951  Fatal Colliery Accident
 26 Apr 1951  Conflicting Evidence At Inquest On Miner
 31 Oct 1956  News in Brief
Miners Return
 17 Jul 1958  Young Miner Fatally Hurt By Roof Fall
 25 Sep 1964  News in Brief
Killed at Colliery

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