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Newspaper Articles about Thornley Colliery

DateHeadline(s)
 06 Aug 1841  News
 06 Aug 1841  News
 10 Aug 1841  Dreadful Explosion at Thornley Colliery
 14 Aug 1841  Dreadful Colliery Explosion
 14 Aug 1841  Explosion At Haswell Colliery
 18 Dec 1841  News
 20 May 1843  Newcastle
 01 Jul 1843  Meeting of the Fair Sex
 18 Apr 1844  State Of the Colliery Districts In the North
 20 Apr 1844  Newcastle-on-Tyne
Collier's Strike
 18 Apr 1845  News
 20 Feb 1847  The Clanny Safety Lamp
 18 Mar 1848  Colliery Accidents
 25 Mar 1848  Distribution Of Coals At Hartlepool
 18 Aug 1848  Inquests
 10 Mar 1849  Fatal Accidents
 28 Jul 1849  Death from Falling Down a Pit
 03 Nov 1849  The Pitmen and the Colliery Owners
 10 Aug 1850  Coroners' Inquests
 28 Feb 1852  The Trimdon Explosion
Verdict Of Manslaughter
 18 Mar 1853  Coroners' Inquests
Accident In Pit
 19 Jan 1856  Death By A Coal Waggon
 26 Dec 1857  Local And District News
 03 Dec 1858  Fatal Accident At Thornley Colliery
 03 Sep 1859  Death From Alleged Improper Treatment
 14 Jan 1860  Local And District News
 29 Mar 1862  The Colliery Bindings On The Wear
 20 Sep 1862  Monkwearmouth Colliery
 06 Aug 1864  Coroners' Inquests
Frightful Death At Thornley Pit
 11 Aug 1865  Official Notice
 18 Aug 1865  News
 28 Aug 1865  Colliery Explosion
 01 Sep 1865  Dreadful Explosion At Thornley Colliery
 15 Jan 1870  Money Market & City Intelligence
 21 Jan 1870  Fatal Accident Near Thornley
 18 Nov 1870  Fatal Accident at Thornley Colliery
 31 Jan 1871  Remarkable Rescue
 17 Feb 1873  A Colliery Agent Fined For Contravention Of The Mines Inspection Act
 21 Jul 1877  Advertisement
 19 Jan 1878  Fatal Boiler Explosion At Thornley
Two Men Killed And Twelve Persons Injured
 21 Jan 1878  The Thornley Colliery Explosion
 29 Jan 1878  The Explosion At Thornley
 06 Feb 1878  The Fatal Boiler Explosion At Thornley
 08 Feb 1878  The Fatal Boiler Explosion At Thornley
 08 Mar 1878  The Boiler Explosion At Thornley Colliery
Adjourned Inquest And Verdict
 07 Mar 1890  The Silksworth Dispute
The Stoppage at New Seaham and Rainton Collieries
 18 Apr 1891  The Silksworth Evictions
More Pitmen Sent To Prison
Scenes In Court
 04 May 1891  Capital and Labour
 Sep 1896  Monthly Circular
 15 Jul 1901  Mines Regulation Act
 09 Nov 1912  A Charge of Wrongful Imprisonment
Claim by a Miner
 03 Oct 1917  District News
Wheatley Hill
 21 Nov 1925  Driver Boy Killed
Fatal Accident In Thornley Pit
 05 Jun 1926  News and Notes
 04 May 1929  Welfare Hall Lounge
 07 Sep 1929  Houses For Miners
 29 Dec 1931  News in Brief
 08 Jan 1932  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 08 Jan 1932  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 09 Jan 1932  Under-Manager Killed
 26 Feb 1934  Welfare Centre Opened
Praise For Workers At Thornley
 13 Mar 1934  Thornley Miners' Ballot
 02 Jun 1934  Assaulted Constable
Incident At Thornley Colliery Sidings
 27 Jul 1934  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 26 Oct 1934  Labour and Wages
North of England
 19 Dec 1934  Gifts To Old People
 04 Jan 1935  Thornley "Safety" Badges
 19 Jul 1935  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 24 Aug 1935  Should Never Have Happened
Coroner's Comment
Inquest On Boy Victim Of Shotton Pit Accident
 24 Aug 1935  How Pit Boy Was Killed
Accident 'Should Never Have Happened' — Coroner
Workmate's Warning Shout Not Heard
 13 Dec 1935  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 29 Jan 1936  Thornley Funeral
 02 May 1936  Accelerated By Accident
Cause Of Thornley Pit Worker's Death
Injured Spine Nineteen Years Ago
 02 May 1936  Thornley Safety Awards
 18 Dec 1936  Notes from the Coal Fields
Northumberland and Durham
 29 Oct 1937  Notes from the Coalfields
Northumberland and Durham
 29 Oct 1937  Notes from the Coalfields
Northumberland and Durham
 24 Jan 1938  Won Safety Badges
 21 Oct 1938  Obituary
 11 Mar 1939  Mouse Upsets Colliery Arrangements
 10 Aug 1939  Mines' Inspector Killed At Horden
 28 Oct 1946  Extra Meat For Miners
15,000 Applications In Easington Area
 07 May 1947  Cost Of Winders' Strike
Output Drops By 69,000 Tons
 May 1948  Unofficial Coach
 07 May 1949  Durham Colliery Flooding
Three Feared Drowned
 09 May 1949  Mine Flood Victims Found
 27 Sep 1949  Three Miners Trapped
Communication With Rescuers
 28 Sep 1949  Trapped Miners Freed
 06 Jan 1950  Award of British Empire Medal (Civil Division)
 30 May 1951  Wearside Echoes
Thornley Had Pit Disaster 110 Years Ago
 03 Apr 1956  Horden Pit Again Leads The Way
 19 Apr 1968  Long Odds Accident Killed Miner At Thornley
 Apr 1970  Villages get pit hall centres
 08 Jun 1976  Little hope for boy in mineshaft

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