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Newspaper Articles about Whitehaven Colliery

DateHeadline(s)
 02 Feb 1791  News
 09 Feb 1791  News
 11 Feb 1791  News
 15 Feb 1791  News
 01 Mar 1791  Coal Mines
 30 Aug 1791  News
 27 Sep 1791  News
 10 Aug 1802  News
 16 Nov 1802  News
 16 Aug 1803  Whitehaven Coal Works
 15 Jan 1805  News
 26 Mar 1805  News
 05 Nov 1805  Coal Works
 19 Nov 1805  Coal Mines
 01 Apr 1806  William Pit
 19 Aug 1806  News
 28 Apr 1807  Dreadful Accident
 23 Jan 1810  News
 13 Mar 1810  Whitehaven Coal Works, &c.
William Pit
 24 Dec 1810  News
 19 Nov 1811  News
 01 Jun 1813  News
 12 Jan 1819  Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 15 Jan 1819  Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 20 Jul 1819  Whitehaven Collieries
 02 Aug 1819  News
 02 Aug 1819  News
 03 Aug 1819  Whitehaven Collieries
 06 Sep 1819  News
 03 Jan 1820  News
 04 Jan 1820  News
 05 Jan 1820  News
 11 Jan 1820  Tunnel Drift
 02 Apr 1821  News
 16 Apr 1821  Dreadful Accident
 16 Apr 1821  News
 21 Apr 1821  News
 20 Oct 1823  Distressing event
 21 Oct 1823  Dreadful Occurrence
(Further particulars - from the Carlisle Journal)
 27 Oct 1823  Charity
 28 Dec 1824  News
 08 Mar 1825  Criminal Trials
 03 Jan 1826  News
 03 Apr 1826  News
 03 Apr 1827  News
 03 Apr 1827  News
 25 Mar 1828  Colliery Explosion
 12 Aug 1828  News
 19 Aug 1828  News
 23 Sep 1828  News
 17 Mar 1829  News
 08 Sep 1829  News
 08 Feb 1830  News
 02 Sep 1831  The Whitehaven Colliers
 15 Nov 1831  Melancholy Accident
 15 Nov 1831  Explosion of Fire-damp in Lord Lonsdale's Collieries
Twenty-two lives lost
 22 Nov 1831  Adjourned Inquest on the Bodies Of the Persons Who Perished By the Explosion on Saturday Week In Croft Pit
 22 Nov 1831  The Widows
 29 Nov 1831  Adjourned Inquest on the Death's Of the Persons Killed In Croft Pit, Held Nov 22nd
 29 Nov 1831  The Explosion at Croft Pit
 29 Nov 1831  Accident at Croft Pit
 06 Dec 1831  Explosion at Croft Pit
(Concluded from our last)
 06 Dec 1831  To the Editor Of the Whitehaven Herald
 27 Dec 1831  The Late Coalmine Accident
 02 Mar 1832  The Whitehaven Riots
Jackson v. The Inhabitants Of Allerdale Ward Above Derwent
 12 Feb 1833  News
 13 Aug 1833  Accident
 10 Sep 1833  News
 05 Nov 1833  Accident
 31 Dec 1833  News
 01 Jul 1834  Melancholy Accident
 30 Sep 1834  News
 10 Feb 1835  News
 29 Dec 1835  News
 26 Apr 1836  News
 19 Jul 1836  News
 11 Oct 1836  News
 14 Mar 1837  News
 11 Apr 1837  News
 17 Jun 1837  Coal Pit Accident
 19 Aug 1837  News
 09 Sep 1837  News
 25 Nov 1837  Pit Accident
 15 Nov 1838  A Murderous Assault
 02 Feb 1839  Explosion of fire-damp
Twenty-three lives lost
 22 Feb 1839  Explosion of Fire-damp – Twenty-Three Lives Lost
(Abridged from the Cumberland Packet of Tuesday.)
 23 Feb 1839  Another Dreadful Explosion Of Fire Damp
Twenty-Three Persons Killed
 23 Feb 1839  Dreadful Explosion Of Fire-Damp, In William Pit, Whitehaven
Twenty-Three Lives Lost
 13 Apr 1839  Melancholy Pit Accident
 08 Jun 1839  Fatal Accident
 22 Jun 1839  News
 19 Oct 1839  Pit Accident
 19 Oct 1839  News
 07 Mar 1840  Pit Accident And Pitman's Funeral
 07 Mar 1840  Another Accident In William Pit
 14 Mar 1840  News
 21 Mar 1840  News
 21 Apr 1840  News
 29 Aug 1840  News
 01 Sep 1840  News
 05 Sep 1840  News
 19 Sep 1840  News
 31 Oct 1840  Fatal Pit Accident
 07 Nov 1840  Fatal Pit Accident
 14 Nov 1840  Pit Accident
 19 Jan 1841  News
 30 Jan 1841  News
 08 May 1841  Fatal Accident
 15 May 1841  Fatal Pit Accident
 29 May 1841  Pit Accident
 12 Jun 1841  Pit Accident
 19 Jun 1841  Pit Accident
 13 Nov 1841  Description Of William Pit
 25 Dec 1841  Inquest
 16 Apr 1842  Disturbance Amongst The Colliers
 23 Apr 1842  Coal Pit Accident
 30 Apr 1842  Coal Pit Accident
 24 Sep 1842  Pit Accident
 01 Oct 1842  Inquest
 24 Jan 1843  News
 28 Jan 1843  Another Accident
 07 Feb 1843  News
 22 Apr 1843  Colliery Accident
 25 Apr 1843  Duke of Wellington Pit
 04 May 1843  Miners' Turn-Out
Whitehaven
 16 Sep 1843  The Collier's Strike — Riotous Assault
 16 Sep 1843  Arrival Of The Military
 21 Oct 1843  Charge Of Riotous Assault
The Colliers' Strike
 13 Jan 1844  Another Awful Calamity
Explosion in Duke Pit
Eleven Men Killed
 13 Jan 1844  Distressing Coal Pit Accident
Two Lives Lost
 13 Jan 1844  Eleven Lives Lost
 13 Jan 1844  Dreadful Accident At Whitehaven
Two Men Killed
 13 Jan 1844  Distressing Accident
 15 Jan 1844  Dreadful Coal-Pit Explosion
 16 Jan 1844  News
 20 Jan 1844  Colliery Explosion
 06 Feb 1844  News
 06 Apr 1844  Inquest
 11 May 1844  Pit Accident
 18 May 1844  William Pit
 25 May 1844  Pit Near The Town
 11 Oct 1845  Inquest
 11 Nov 1845  News
 15 Nov 1845  Inquest
 23 Dec 1845  News
 11 Jul 1846  Inquest
 14 Jul 1846  News
 01 Jun 1847  News
 02 Jun 1847  News
 12 Jun 1847  Fatal Accidents In Lord Lonsdale's Coal Pits
 02 Nov 1847  News
 11 Apr 1848  News
 23 Sep 1848  Coroner's Inquest
 26 Sep 1848  News
 07 Oct 1848  Coroner's Inquest
 24 Oct 1848  News
 23 Jan 1849  News
 10 Jul 1849  Another Fatal Accident
 28 Aug 1849  News
 11 Sep 1849  News
 02 Oct 1849  News
 15 Jan 1850  News
 19 Mar 1850  News
 23 Mar 1850  News
 03 May 1851  Coroner's Inquest
 06 May 1851  News
 08 May 1851  News
 11 Nov 1851  News
 15 Nov 1851  Fatal Accident at Wellington Pit
 27 Jul 1852  News
 31 Jul 1852  Fatal Pit Accident
 03 Aug 1852  Inquest
 14 Aug 1852  Fatal Accident
 17 Aug 1852  News
 19 Aug 1852  News
 08 Feb 1853  News
 19 Feb 1853  Inquest
 22 Feb 1853  Inquest
 01 Mar 1853  News
 08 Mar 1853  News
 05 Apr 1853  News
 09 Apr 1853  Accident at Wellington Pit
 22 Nov 1853  News
 21 Feb 1854  News
 12 Aug 1854  Pit Accident
 26 Sep 1854  News
 20 Jan 1855  Fatal Accident
 27 Jan 1855  Inquest
 10 Apr 1855  Colliery Accident
 30 Jun 1855  Fatal Colliery Explosion
 30 Jun 1855  Accident In William Pit, Whitehaven
 03 Jul 1855  Fatal Explosion Of Fire Damp — Five Lives Lost
 05 Jul 1855  News
 28 Jul 1855  Reckless Conduct Of A Young Collier
 22 Dec 1855  Two Men Lost in a Coal Pit
 10 Jul 1856  News
 18 Nov 1856  Narrow Escape
 20 Nov 1856  News
 29 Jan 1857  Alleged Case Of Abuse
 22 Oct 1857  Fatal Accident at Wellington Pit
Adjourned Inquest
 26 Jan 1858  Accident To A Boy At The Croft Pit
 30 Jan 1858  Accident In Croft Pit
 03 Jul 1858  Death By Burning
 10 Jul 1858  The Late Accident at Wellington Pit
 14 Aug 1858  Serious Accident In Croft Pit
 19 Aug 1858  Explosion of Fire-Damp in Croft Pit
 21 Aug 1858  The Late Explosion In Croft Pit
The Adjourned Inquest
 04 Sep 1858  The Late Explosion In Croft Pit
 09 Sep 1858  The Late Accident In Croft Pit
Inquest Yesterday
 16 Sep 1858  Another Accident In Croft Pit
 21 Sep 1858  Fatal Accident In Croft Pit
 21 Oct 1858  Accident In Wellington Pit
 26 Oct 1858  The Late Accident In Wellington Pit
 11 Nov 1858  Assault Case at Wellington Pit
 03 Feb 1859  A Collier Robbing His Fellow-Workmen
 05 Mar 1859  The Colliers
 23 Apr 1859  The Loss Of Life In Croft Pit, In June, 1855
To the Editor of the Whitehaven Herald
 30 Apr 1859  The Loss Of Life In Croft Pit, In June, 1855
To the Editor of the Whitehaven Herald
 14 May 1859  The Croft Pit Explosion In 1855
To the Editor of the Whitehaven Herald
 14 May 1859  The Croft Pit Explosion In 1855
(To the Editor of the Mining Journal)
 19 May 1859  The Late Croft Pit Accident
 07 Jul 1859  Fatal Accident In Croft Pit
 14 Jul 1859  The Late Accident at Croft Pit
 10 Jan 1861  Fatal Accident In William Pit, Whitehaven
 17 Jan 1861  Fatal Accident In William Pit, Whitehaven
Adjourned Inquest
 28 Feb 1861  Inquest at Whitehaven
 28 Mar 1861  Accident By An Explosion Of Fire Damp In Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 18 Apr 1861  The Late Explosion In Croft Pit
 13 Jun 1861  Fatal Accident at Whitehaven
 18 Jul 1861  Fatal Accident In Wellington Pit, Whitehaven
 25 Jul 1861  Fatal Colliery Accident at Whitehaven
 25 Jul 1861  The Late Fatal Colliery Accident at Whitehaven
Adjourned Inquest
 12 Sep 1861  Important Caution To Coal Miners
 19 Sep 1861  Another Offence Against the Colliery Rules
 10 Oct 1861  Fatal Accident In William Pit, Whitehaven
 31 Oct 1861  Warning To Colliers
 12 Dec 1861  Inhuman Conduct Of Two Boys
 02 Jan 1862  Whitehaven Colliery Benevolent Society
 11 Mar 1862  The Whitehaven Collieries
 13 Mar 1862  Whitehaven Collieries
 17 Apr 1862  Violation Of Colliery Rules
 26 Apr 1862  Shocking Accident At Wellington Pit
 01 May 1862  The Fatal Accident At Wellington Pit
 01 May 1862  The Fatal Accident At Wellington Pit
 07 Aug 1862  Fatal Accident at Wellington Pit
 11 Sep 1862  Alleged Infraction Of Colliery Rules
 01 Jan 1863  Cutting and Wounding at William Pit
 08 Jan 1863  Cutting and Wounding at William Pit, Whitehaven
 26 Feb 1863  Breach Of Colliery Rules
 28 Apr 1863  Foolhardihood at Duke Pit
 01 Sep 1863  Firing of the Wellington Coalpit at Whitehaven
 08 Sep 1863  The Fire at Wellington Pit
 15 Sep 1863  The Fire in Wellington Coalpit
 22 Sep 1863  The Fire at Wellington Pit
 29 Sep 1863  The Fire in Wellington Pit
 14 Nov 1863  Accidents, Inquests, etc.
A Coalpit On Fire
 17 Nov 1863  The Fire at Wellington Pit
 18 Aug 1864  Accident In William Pit
 15 Dec 1864  A Man Killed at William Pit, Whitehaven
 22 Dec 1864  A Man Killed In William Pit, Whitehaven.
 21 Feb 1865  Smoking In Coal Pits
 18 Apr 1865  Colliery Cases
 18 Apr 1865  Breach Of Colliery Rules
 29 Jun 1865  Caution To Miners
 19 Jul 1866  Accident
 26 Jan 1867  Serious Charge Against A Miner
 02 Mar 1867  Serious Charge Against A Miner
 28 Mar 1867  Caution To Miners
 11 Apr 1867  Fatal Coal Pit Accident
 24 Aug 1867  Smoking In William Pit
 12 Sep 1867  The Fatal Colliery Accident at William Pit
 14 Sep 1867  Contravening the Rules Of the Whitehaven Colliery
Serious Charges Against Miners
 05 Dec 1867  Fatal Colliery Accident
 12 Dec 1867  Fatal Accident To A Miner
 13 Aug 1868  Smoking In A Coal Mine
 13 Mar 1869  A Caution To Miners
 13 May 1869  Fatal Pit Accident
 26 Aug 1869  Improvements In Whitehaven Collieries
 27 Jan 1870  Fatal Mining Accident at Croft Pit
 29 Jan 1870  Fatal Accident To A Miner at Croft Pit
 03 Feb 1870  Ventilation Of Whitehaven Collieries
 05 Feb 1870  Ventilation Of The Whitehaven Collieries
 24 Feb 1870  Caution To Colliers
 31 Mar 1870  Fatal Accident In Croft Pit
 01 Sep 1870  Shocking Cruelty To A Horse In William Pit
 27 Oct 1870  Fatal Accident In William Pit
 03 Nov 1870  The Fatal Accident In William Pit
 12 Nov 1870  Curious Charge Of Assault at Duke Pit
 15 Dec 1870  Extensive Improvements In Whitehaven Collieries
 05 Jan 1871  Shocking Cruelty To A Horse In William Pit
 16 Mar 1871  Assault In A Coal Mine
 23 Mar 1871  Illegal Possession Of Tobacco Pipes In A Coal Mine
 03 Aug 1871  Shocking Cruelty To A Horse In William Pit
 17 Aug 1871  Fatal Accident In Croft Pit — the Inquest
 24 Aug 1871  Another Shocking Act Of Cruelty To A Pit Horse
 14 Sep 1871  Another Case Of Wanton Cruelty In the Colliery
 04 Jan 1872  Melancholy Occurrence at Wellington Pit
 11 Jan 1872  Two Boys Killed at Wellington Pit
 15 Feb 1872  Offence Against Colliery Rules
 15 Feb 1872  Fatal Colliery Accident
 22 Feb 1872  Fatal Accident In Croft Pit — the Adjourned Inquest
 06 Jun 1872  The Whitehaven Collieries
 29 Aug 1872  Dangerous Infringement Of the Rules Of A Colliery
 19 Sep 1872  Playing at A Circus In A Coal Mine
 28 Nov 1872  The Whitehaven Collieries
Further Improvements
 26 Dec 1872  Fatal Accident at the Whitehaven Collieries
 27 Mar 1873  Experiments In Whitehaven Collieries
 27 Mar 1873  Fatal Occurrence at Wellington Pit
 22 May 1873  Shocking Cruelty To A Pit Horse
 19 Jun 1873  Having Tobacco Pipes In A Coalmine
 24 Jul 1873  The Whitehaven Collieries
Proposed New Pits at St. Bees
 09 Apr 1874  Offence Against Colliery Regulations
 11 Jun 1874  Fatal Accident In Henry Pit
 18 Jun 1874  The Fatality In Henry Pit
 18 Jun 1874  Fatal Accident In William Pit
 20 Jun 1874  Strike Of Whitehaven Colliery Lads
Prosecutions Under The Criminal Law Amendment Act
 20 Jun 1874  Strike Of Whitehaven Colliery Lads
Prosecutions Under The Criminal Law Amendment Act
Assault At William Pit
 25 Jun 1874  A Strike at the Coalpits
 15 Oct 1874  Fatal Accident In William Pit
 22 Oct 1874  Mining Accident at Whitehaven
 11 Feb 1875  Fatal Accident In Croft Pit
 18 Feb 1875  The Fatal Accident at Croft Pit
 18 Mar 1875  Man Killed at William Pit
 08 Jul 1875  A Boy Crushed To Death In Henry Pit
 15 Jul 1875  The Fatal Accident In Henry Pit
 02 Sep 1875  Breach Of Colliery Rules
 28 Oct 1875  Accident at Croft Pit
 04 May 1876  The Visit To Henry Pit
 27 Jul 1876  A Man Killed In William Pit
 25 Jan 1877  Fatal Results Of An Accident In Croft Pit
 01 May 1877  Charge of Stealing a Cart of Coal
 05 May 1877  The Treatment Of Miners In the Whitehaven Colliery
To The Editor Of The "Gazette."
 23 Aug 1877  Shocking Accident at Wellington Pit, Last Night
 30 Aug 1877  The Late Fatal Accident at Wellington Pit
 30 Aug 1877  Serious Accident at Wellington Pit
 13 Dec 1877  The Archaeology Of the West Cumberland Coal Trade
 13 Dec 1877  Cumberland Westmorland Archeolological Society
 21 Feb 1878  The Fatal Accident at William Pit
 25 Jul 1878  Whitehaven Collieries
 22 Aug 1878  Accident In Wellington Pit
 21 Sep 1878  Breach Of The Mines Act
 26 Sep 1878  A Careless Collier
Important Prosecution
 26 Sep 1878  Editorial
 11 Oct 1878  Fatal Pit Accident At Whitehaven
 15 May 1879  The Old Coal Workings Under Whitehaven
Subsidence Of Ground And Houses
 25 Sep 1879  Accident at William Pit
 09 Oct 1879  Fatal Accident at Henry Pit
 09 Oct 1879  Fatal Accident at Henry Pit
 11 Oct 1879  Fatal Pit Accident at Whitehaven
 16 Oct 1879  The Fatal Accident at Henry Pit
 30 Oct 1879  Narrow Escape from Suffocation by Fire-Damp
 01 Nov 1879  A Dangerous Breach By A Collier
 06 Nov 1879  The Narrow Escape Of A Collier In Henry Pit
 04 Mar 1880  Accident at William Pit
 18 Mar 1880  Man Killed at Wellington Pit Last Night
 16 Sep 1880  Careless Collier Lads
 04 Nov 1880  Sad Fatality at Wellington Pit
 02 Dec 1880  Pit Accident at Whitehaven
 17 Dec 1881  Prosecution Under the Mines Act
 27 Apr 1882  Fatal Colliery Explosion
 27 Apr 1882  Fearful Explosion at William Pit
Four Men Killed
 28 Apr 1882  Terrible Colliery Explosion at Whitehaven
 29 Apr 1882  Fatal Explosion In William Pit
Four Men Killed And Several Injured
 06 May 1882  The Fatal Explosion at William Pit
The Adjourned Inquest
 01 Jun 1882  Breach Of Colliery Rules
 08 Jun 1882  The Fatal Explosion at William Pit
The Inquest
 15 Jun 1882  The Wiliam Pit Explosion
Prosecution Of The Agent And Manager
 16 Aug 1882  Charges Against Colliery Officials
 17 Aug 1882  The William Pit Explosion
Prosecution Of The Agent And Manager
 19 Aug 1882  Whitehaven Colliery Explosion
 01 Sep 1882  Smoking in William Pit, Whitehaven
 07 Sep 1882  A Reckless Miner
Severe Penalty
 02 Nov 1882  A Young Man Killed at William Pit
 01 Mar 1883  Shocking Death At William Pit
 15 Mar 1883  Fatal Result Of An Accident at Henry Pit, Whitehaven
 10 Apr 1884  Fatal Accident at William Pit
 10 Apr 1884  Lecture On Fire Damp
 17 Apr 1884  Fatal Accident At William Pit
 19 Apr 1884  Fatal Mining Accident
 26 Jun 1884  Accident At William Pit
 26 Jun 1884  The Alleged Evictions Of Colliers At Whitehaven
 26 Jun 1884  The Colliers And The Radicals
 05 Jul 1884  Whitehaven Miners
 05 Jul 1884  Cheating The Colliers
 05 Jul 1884  Letters To The Editor
The Cumberland Pacquet And The Colliers
 23 Aug 1884  The Death Of the Lad In Henry Pit
 24 Aug 1884  The Fatal Accident At Henry Pit
 31 Feb 1885  News
 21 May 1885  The Recent Accident At Henry Pit
 04 Jun 1885  Accident At Croft Pit
 02 Jul 1885  Fatal Accident At Croft Pit
 21 Aug 1885  Inquest At Whitehaven
 17 Jun 1886  Accident At Wellington Pit
 17 Jun 1886  Assaulting Lord Lonsdale's Watchman
 28 Oct 1886  The Whitehaven Colliers And Their Grievances
 23 Jun 1887  Accident At Croft Pit
 07 Jul 1887  Accident At William Pit
 06 Oct 1887  Serious Accident At Croft Pit
 13 Oct 1887  Fatal Result Of An Accident At Whithaven
 17 May 1888  The Charge Against A Colliery Official
 17 May 1888  The Whitehaven Colliery Embezzlement Case
 07 Feb 1889  Fatal Accident At Whitehaven
 14 Feb 1889  The Fatal Accident At Henry Pit
The Adjourned Inquest
 07 Mar 1889  Serious Accident To A Miner At Wellington Pit
 14 Mar 1889  The Whitehaven Colliery
Croft Pit Afire!
Narrow Escape From Destruction Of Life And Property
 11 Apr 1889  Fatal Accident At Croft Pit
 18 Apr 1889  The Fatal Accident At Croft Pit
 02 May 1889  Another Colliers Grievance At Whitehaven
 08 Aug 1889  Fatal Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 15 Aug 1889  The Fatal Accident At William Pit
 29 Aug 1889  Pit Accident At Whitehaven
 31 Oct 1889  Mining Accidents
 19 Dec 1889  Serious Accident At Croft Pit
 20 Feb 1890  Bowthorn Colliery
 27 Mar 1890  Accident To A Woman
 01 May 1890  Shocking Fatal Accident To A Lad At Whitehaven
 22 May 1890  Work and Wages at the Whitehaven Colliery
 21 Aug 1890  Whitehaven Colliery
 21 Aug 1890  Fatal Accident At Croft Pit
 28 Aug 1890  The Fatal Accident At Croft Pit
 04 Sep 1890  Stoppage At The Whitehaven Colliery
 09 Oct 1890  Fatal Result Of An Accident at William Pit
Adjourned Inquest, Yesterday
 09 Oct 1890  The Dispute At The Whitehaven Colliery
An Agreement Come To
 21 Oct 1890  Cruelty To A Pit Horse At Whitehaven
 22 Jan 1891  Accident At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 29 Jan 1891  Fatal Accident At Wellington Pit
 05 Feb 1891  The Fatal Accident At Wellington Pit
 12 Mar 1891  Mining Fatality At Whitehaven Last Night
 19 Mar 1891  The Mining Fatality At Whitehaven
 25 Jun 1891  A Grievance At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
The Output Of Coal
 01 Jul 1891  Colliery Dispute At Whitehaven
 02 Jul 1891  Serious Accidents At Wellington Pit
 16 Jul 1891  The Dispute At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 12 Nov 1891  Fatal Accident At Croft Pit Yesterday
 12 Nov 1891  Breach Of Collirey Regulations
 03 Dec 1891  The Colliery Fatality At Whitehaven
 04 Feb 1892  Serious Accident To A Whitehaven Collier
 10 Mar 1892  Strike Of William Pit Colliers, Whitehaven
 26 May 1892  The Coal Trade Lock Out
The Coalmining On The Beach At Whitehaven
Prosecutions By The Whitehaven Colliery Company
 21 Jul 1892  Blasting Accident At William Pit
 04 Aug 1892  The Recent Accident In William Pit, Whitehaven Colliery
 26 Jan 1893  Tobacco Pipes And Matches In Whitehaven Colliery
Prosecution Of Nine Workmen
 09 Feb 1893  Accidents At William Pit
 13 Jul 1893  Accident At Wellington Pit
 27 Jul 1893  Serious Accident At Wellington Pit
 17 Aug 1893  Accident At Wellington Pit
 26 Oct 1893  Accident At Wellington Pit
 09 Nov 1893  Mining Accident At Whitehaven
 21 Dec 1893  Fatal Accident At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 28 Dec 1893  Fatal Accident At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 11 Jan 1894  Local Employer's Liability Cases
 11 Jan 1894  Local Employer's Liability Cases
 11 Jan 1894  Accident At Wellington Pit
 11 Jan 1894  Fatal Accident At Whitehaven
 18 Jan 1894  The Recent Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
The Adjourned Inquest
 22 Feb 1894  Accident At Wellington Pit, Whitehaven
 07 Apr 1894  Fatal Termination Of An Accident At Whitehaven
 07 Apr 1894  Serious Accident At William Pit
 07 Apr 1894  Cumberland Coal Trade
 12 Apr 1894  Two Men Injured At William Pit, Whitehaven
 03 May 1894  Accident At Wellington Pit, Whitehaven
 28 Jun 1894  Institute Of Mining And Mechanical Engineers
 12 Jul 1894  Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 02 Aug 1894  Serious Accident To A Whitehaven Colliery Overman
 29 Nov 1894  Shocking Fatality At Whitehaven
 06 Dec 1894  Accident At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 06 Dec 1894  The Fatality At Croft Pit
 31 Jan 1895  Fatal Accident At Wellington Pit
 14 Mar 1895  Accident At Croft Pit
 18 Apr 1895  Accident At Whitehaven, Yesterday
 02 May 1895  Accident At Whitehaven
 26 Sep 1895  The Disputes At Whitehaven Colliery
Work To Be Resumed At Croft Pit
 24 Oct 1895  Shocking Mining Fatality At Whitehaven
 28 Nov 1895  Mining Fatality At Whitehaven
 27 Feb 1896  Accident At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 02 Apr 1896  Mining Fatality At Whitehaven
 07 May 1896  Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
 15 Oct 1896  Terrible Accident At Wellington Pit
 05 Nov 1896  Accident To A Miner
 24 Dec 1896  Serious Accident At Wellington Pit
Break In A Haulage Engine
Fall Of A Cage
 31 Dec 1896  A Visit To Croft Pit:
Surface And Underground
 14 Jan 1897  Fatal Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 22 Apr 1897  News
 13 May 1897  Fatal Accident at Croft Pit
 27 May 1897  News
 01 Jul 1897  A Visit To Wellington Pit, Whitehaven
 22 Jul 1897  Accident At Wellington Pit, Whitehaven
 29 Jul 1897  Accident At Wellington Pit
 05 Aug 1897  Accident At Wellington Pit
 26 Aug 1897  Fatal Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 07 Oct 1897  Accident At Croft Pit
 02 Dec 1897  Mining Fatality At Whitehaven
 02 Dec 1897  Serious Accident At William Pit
Two Men Injured
 16 Dec 1897  Colliery Accident
 06 Jan 1898  Serious Accident To An Electrician At Croft Pit
 20 Jan 1898  A Girl Killed At Whitehaven
 27 Jan 1898  Accident At Whitehaven
 03 Feb 1898  Serious Accident At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 10 Feb 1898  Accident At Wellington Pit
 03 Mar 1898  Deputy Gased At Croft Pit
 10 Mar 1898  Man Killed At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 17 Mar 1898  The Fatality At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 07 Apr 1898  Correspondence
The Recent Prosecution At Croft Pit
 07 Apr 1898  Accident At Whitehaven Colliery
 28 Apr 1898  Serious Mining Accident At Whitehaven
 25 Jun 1898  Mining News
 25 Jun 1898  The Drivers' Dispute at William Pit
 30 Jun 1898  Mining Accident At Whitehaven
 22 Sep 1898  Serious Accident At Wellington Pit
 22 Sep 1898  Accident At William Pit
 13 Oct 1898  Fatal Result Of A Mining Accident At Whitehaven
 20 Oct 1898  A Narrow Escape
 20 Oct 1898  The Recent Fatal Accident At Wellington Pit
 10 Nov 1898  Serious Accident At William Pit
 08 Dec 1898  Serious Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 22 Dec 1898  Accident At William Pit
 22 Dec 1898  Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 22 Dec 1898  William Pit, Whitehaven
 05 Jan 1899  Whitehaven Collieries
 12 Jan 1899  New Appointment
 12 Jan 1899  Sudden Death At Whitehaven
 19 Jan 1899  Repairs At Croft Pit
 02 Feb 1899  Whitehaven Collieries
 02 Feb 1899  Interesting Presentation At Whitehaven
 09 Feb 1899  Drowning Fatality At Whitehaven
 09 Mar 1899  Serious Pit Accident At Whitehaven
 18 May 1899  Accident At Croft Pit
 25 May 1899  Serious Accident At Croft Pit
 29 Jun 1899  Serious Accident At Croft Pit
Narrow Escape From Being Killed
 06 Jul 1899  Fatal Accident At William Pit
 06 Jul 1899  Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 13 Jul 1899  The Recent Fatality At William Pit
Carelessness Of Workmen
 31 Aug 1899  Accident At William Pit
 21 Dec 1899  Accident At William Pit
 25 Jan 1900  Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 25 Jan 1900  Railway Collision Near Croft Pit
Three Men Injured
 08 Mar 1900  Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
A Lad Killed By A Horse
 08 Mar 1900  Serious Accident At William Pit
 29 Mar 1900  Accident At Wellington Pit Yard
 03 May 1900  Fatal Colliery Accident At Whitehaven
 17 May 1900  Accident At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 24 May 1900  Accidents At William Pit, Whitehaven
 24 May 1900  Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 31 May 1900  Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
 14 Jun 1900  Accident At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 21 Jun 1900  Fatal Fall Of Stone At Whitehaven
 19 Jul 1900  Accidents At William Pit, Whitehaven
 26 Jul 1900  Man Killed At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 23 Aug 1900  Another Pit Accident
 23 Aug 1900  Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
 08 Nov 1900  Sudden Death In A Coal Pit At Whitehaven
 13 Dec 1900  Accident At Wellington Pit, Whithaven
 13 Dec 1900  Accident To A Colliery Fireman At Whitehaven
 20 Dec 1900  Serious Accident At Wiliam Pit
 20 Dec 1900  Shocking Fatality To A Lad At Wellington Pit
 27 Dec 1900  The Fatality To A Lad At Wellington Pit
The Adjourned Inquest
 07 Feb 1901  Death Of A Whitehaven Joiner
 18 Apr 1901  Shocking Mining Accident At Whitehaven
Collapse Of A Pit Shaft
Four Lives Lost
 20 Apr 1901  Collapse of a Pit Shaft at Whitehaven
Four Men Killed
 27 Apr 1901  The Pit Shaft Disaster at Whitehaven
Adjourned Inquest
Survivor's Story
An Awful Experience
 23 May 1901  Serious Accident At William Pit
 20 Jun 1901  Serious Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 27 Jun 1901  Accident At Wellington Pit, Whithaven
 01 Aug 1901  Fireman Scalded At William Pit
 08 Aug 1901  Sudden Death At Whitehaven
 08 Aug 1901  Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 19 Sep 1901  Accident At Croft Pit
 26 Sep 1901  Accident To Joiners At William Pit
 10 Oct 1901  Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 17 Oct 1901  William Pit, Whitehaven
Important Haulage And Ventilation Changes
Opening Of The New Haulage Plane
 13 Mar 1902  News
 12 Jun 1902  Accident At Ladysmith Pit, Whitehaven
 19 Jun 1902  Fall Of Roof At William Pit, Whitehaven
One Man Killed And Two Injured
 25 Sep 1902  Sad Fatality At Wellington Pit Top
A Young Man Killed
A Touching Incident
 02 Oct 1902  The Fatality At Wellington Pit, Whitehaven
The Adjourned Inquest
 16 Oct 1902  Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 06 Nov 1902  Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 11 Dec 1902  Funeral At Hensingham
 12 Mar 1903  Pit Accident At Whitehaven
 25 Mar 1903  The Accident at William Pit, Whitehaven
 18 Jun 1903  Mining Fatality At Whitehaven
Collier Killed At Croft Pit
 25 Jun 1903  The Mining Fatality At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
The Adjourned Inquest
 09 Jul 1903  Fatal Accident At William Pit
 13 Aug 1903  Pit Accident At Whitehaven
 20 Aug 1903  Fatal Accident At William Pit
Colliers Prefer The Dangerous Way
 24 Dec 1903  Pit Accident At Whitehaven
 14 Jan 1904  Pit Accidents At Whitehaven
 14 Jan 1904  Pit Accidents At Whitehaven
 14 Jan 1904  Sudden Death At Whitehaven
 11 Feb 1904  Colliery Accidents At Whitehaven
 11 Feb 1904  Colliery Accidents At Whitehaven
 08 Sep 1904  Caught By A Full Sett At Croft Pit
 01 Dec 1904  Pit Accident At Whitehaven
Two Men Injured
 08 Dec 1904  Serious Accident At Wellington Pit
 02 Mar 1905  The Fatal Accident At Whitehaven
The Adjourned Inquest, Yesterday
 27 Jul 1905  Serious Accident To A Whitehaven Collier
 30 Nov 1905  Amicable Settlement
 14 Dec 1905  Mining Fatality at Croft Pit
 14 Dec 1905  Fatal Accident At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 21 Dec 1905  Fatal Accident At Croft Pit, Whitehaven
 28 Dec 1905  The Accident To A Cleator Moor Mason
Fatal Termination
 29 Mar 1906  Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 17 May 1906  Serious Charge Against Colliers
Committed For Trial On Two Charges
 17 May 1906  Serious Charge Against Colliers
Alleged Tub Sticking
 24 May 1906  A Whitehaven Collier's Death
The Resumed Inquest
 28 Jun 1906  Fraud In A Whitehaven Pit
 02 Aug 1906  Croft Pit Fatality
 23 Aug 1906  Serious Pit Accident At Whitehaven
 27 Jun 1907  Pit Shaft Accident At Whitehaven
 18 Jul 1907  Coal Stealers At Whitehaven
Boy To Receive Twelve Strokes With The Birch
The Chairman On The Receivers Of Coal
 12 Sep 1907  Fatal Accident At Ladysmith Pit
 12 Sep 1907  Man Killed In Ladysmith Pit, Whitehaven
 18 Nov 1907  The Colliery Explosion at Whitehaven
 18 Nov 1907  Latest News
The Whitehaven Colliery Explosion
 21 Nov 1907  A Narrow Escape
 27 Nov 1907  Colliery Explosion at Whitehaven
 28 Nov 1907  The Colliery Explosion at Whitehaven
 28 Nov 1907  Gas Explosion In William Pit, Whitehaven
Five Men Killed And Seven Injured
 28 Nov 1907  Accident At William Pit Whitehaven
 05 Dec 1907  The Gas Explosion At William Pit, Whitehaven
The Inquest
 09 Jan 1908  The Explosion At William Pit, Whitehaven
The Resumed Inquiry
 20 Feb 1908  Colliery Prosecution At Whitehaven
Entering A Disued Working
 03 Jul 1908  Colliery Accident At Whitehaven
 23 Jul 1908  Extensive Fall In A Whitehaven Pit
Colliers Thrown Idle
 23 Jul 1908  Cumberland Collieries
 23 Jul 1908  Whitehaven Colliery Explosion
Mine Inspector's Report
 30 Jul 1908  Taking Coal From A Pillar In Ladysmith Pit
Collier Fined For Breach Of Rules
 06 Aug 1908  Death Of An Old Whitehaven Colliery Employee
 13 Aug 1908  Important Whitehaven Mining Question
Brown And Others V. Whitehaven Colliery Company
 08 Oct 1908  Mining Accident At Whitehaven
 29 Oct 1908  Alleged Defrauding Of The Whitehaven Colliery Company
Falsifying Pay Cheques
 05 Nov 1908  The Prosecution Of Workmen By Whitehaven Colliery Company
The Cases Withdrawn
 07 Jan 1909  Fatality At Wellington Pit, Whitehaven
 28 Jan 1909  Accident At William Pit, Whitehaven
 08 Jul 1909  Accident At Wellington Pit
 22 Jul 1909  Shocking Fatality At William Pit
 17 Feb 1910  Fatal Termination To An Accident At Whitehaven
 24 Feb 1910  Died In His 93rd Year
Interesting Reminiscences
 10 Mar 1910  Fatal Termination To An Accident At Wellington Pit
 17 Mar 1910  Accident At Wellington Pit, Whitehaven
 12 May 1910  Serious Accident At Wellington Pit
 13 May 1910  Terrible Pit Disaster
137 Men Buried In Blazing Mine
Frantic Women's Vigil
 13 May 1910  Avalanche Of Death
Terrible Scenes
Four Men's Rush For Life
 17 May 1910  The Whitehaven Pit Disasters
 19 May 1910  The Disaster At Wellington Pit
137 Men And Boys Closed In By Fire
Appalling Calamity
 19 May 1910  Coincidences
 19 May 1910  Looking Back
 19 May 1910  The Brick Wall
 19 May 1910  The Colliery Calamity
 19 May 1910  The Inevitable
 19 May 1910  Those Who Mourn
 26 May 1910  The Wellington Pit Disaster
Further Exploration
Pit Now Doubly Sealed
 26 May 1910  A Suggestion
 26 May 1910  The Colliery Relief Fund
 26 May 1910  The Miners And The Disaster
 26 May 1910  What To Do With It
 02 Jun 1910  Allerdale Colliery Company's Clifton Pit
Doubling Of The Shift
 02 Jun 1910  Dangers Of Coalmining
 02 Jun 1910  The Men Out Of Work
 02 Jun 1910  The William Pit Men
 02 Jun 1910  Stoppage At William Pit
Gas In The Pit
Inspection By Men's Representatives
 09 Jun 1910  The Wellington Pit Disaster
Further Exploration
Fire Probably Out
 09 Jun 1910  The Wellington Pit Disaster
Meeting Of William Pit Men
 09 Jun 1910  Mayor's Relief Fund
 09 Jun 1910  Pit Lamps
 09 Jun 1910  The Analysis Of The Gases
 09 Jun 1910  The Unsealing Of The Pit
 09 Jun 1910  Whitehaven Pits
 09 Jun 1910  William Pit Re-Started
 16 Jun 1910  Success Of A Whitehaven Colliery Official
 16 Jun 1910  Wellington Pit Disaster
 16 Jun 1910  The Wellington Pit Disaster
Exploring Party Who Descended The Pit On Sunday Last
 16 Jun 1910  The Wellington Pit Disaster
Cumberland Miners' Association
Whitehaven Relief Fund
 16 Jun 1910  The Progress Of The Pit Exploration
 16 Jun 1910  The Sealing Of The Pit
 16 Jun 1910  The Union And The Relief Fund
 16 Jun 1910  Unthinkable
 23 Jun 1910  The Wellington Pit Disaster
Exploration Stopped
Another Conference Of Experts
 23 Jun 1910  The Wellington Pit Disaster
Discussion In Parliament
Home Secretary Promises Amending Legislation
 07 Jul 1910  The Mayor's Fund
 07 Jul 1910  Pit Rescue Work
 07 Jul 1910  The Causes Of Explosion
 14 Jul 1910  The Mayor's Fund
 14 Jul 1910  Wellington Pit Disaster
The Mayor's Fund
 21 Jul 1910  Letter
 28 Jul 1910  Wellington Disaster
The King Edward Medals For 49 Rescuers
 28 Jul 1910  An Important Mining Experiment
 28 Jul 1910  And "The News"
 28 Jul 1910  Dividends And Safety
 28 Jul 1910  Hasty Speech, Lame Apology
 28 Jul 1910  Judging After Event
 28 Jul 1910  The Sealing Of The Mine
 04 Aug 1910  The Miners And The Medals
 04 Aug 1910  Presentation Of The Medals
Departure From Whitehaven
 01 Sep 1910  Working With Naked Lights
 29 Sep 1910  Re-Opening Of Wellington Pit
Quick Progress
Finding Of Bodies
 29 Sep 1910  Accident In William Pit
 06 Oct 1910  The Re-Opening Of Wellington Pit
Thursday's Good Day's Work
50 More Bodies Found
 06 Oct 1910  A Common Grave And Monument
 06 Oct 1910  A Town Of Mourning
 06 Oct 1910  A Veritable Way Of Death
 06 Oct 1910  Sanitary Restrictions
 06 Oct 1910  The Crux Of The Coming Inquiry
 06 Oct 1910  The Monument
 13 Oct 1910  Coroners And Juries
 13 Oct 1910  The Mining Disaster: Identification Of Bodies
 13 Oct 1910  A New Electric Lamp
 13 Oct 1910  Coroners' Inquests
 13 Oct 1910  Fees For Service
 13 Oct 1910  Identification Of Bodies
 13 Oct 1910  The Mystery Of The Mine
 13 Oct 1910  The Mine Disaster
Thursday's Developments
Futher Exploring
 18 Oct 1910  The Whitehaven Pit Disaster
 20 Oct 1910  The Mine Disaster
Thursday
12 Bodies Found
 22 Oct 1910  The Whitehaven Pit Disasters
 23 Oct 1910  The Whitehaven Pit Disaster
 27 Oct 1910  Wellington Pit
 27 Oct 1910  The Stoppage Of The Pits
 27 Oct 1910  The Mining Disaster
Friday's Findings
The Friction Gear Fire And Falls
 03 Nov 1910  The Mine Disaster
 03 Nov 1910  A Serious Rumour
 03 Nov 1910  Wellington Pit
 17 Nov 1910  Wellington Pit Disaster
The Inquest And Home Office Inquiry
 24 Nov 1910  Wellington Pit Disaster
The Inquest And Home Office Inquiry
Thursday's Proceedings
 01 Dec 1910  The Mining Disaster
The Inquest And Inquiry
Tuesday's Proceedings
 01 Dec 1910  Discovery Of More Cremated Remains
 08 Dec 1910  The Mining Inquest
Thursday's Proceedings
 15 Dec 1910  Wellington Pit Disaster
Recovery Of Another Body
The Inquest
 15 Dec 1910  The Last Of The Bodies Recovered
Mistaken Identification
 22 Dec 1910  Disaster Near Wellington Pit Head
Collapse Of A Retaining Wall
Three Persons Killed
 22 Dec 1910  The Wall Collapse Tragedy
 22 Dec 1910  Whitehaven Colliery Disaster
Colliers' Public Meeting
Petition To The Home Office
 22 Dec 1910  Wellington Pit Disaster
Memorial Service
Address By The Bishop
 29 Dec 1910  Miners Unions
 29 Dec 1910  Pit Explosions
 26 Jan 1911  The Dangers Of The Pits
 16 Feb 1911  Disasters In Coal Mines
Home Secretary And Legislation
 16 Feb 1911  Edward Medals For More Whitehaven Miners
 16 Feb 1911  Safety Lamps And Coal Dust
 23 Feb 1911  The Whitehaven Disaster
 23 Feb 1911  Whitehaven Pit Fire
Home Office Reports
Dust And The Spread Of The Explosion
 09 Mar 1911  Scene In William Pit
Safety Lamp Broken With A Pick Shaft
 23 Mar 1911  Wellington Pit Disaster
Mayor's Relief Fund
 23 Mar 1911  Exits And Standard Ventilation
 23 Mar 1911  Safety In The Mines
 23 Mar 1911  The Whitehaven Colliery Disaster
The Inspection Of Mines
 30 Mar 1911  Whitehaven Colliers Breach Of Contract.
Ordered To Pay Company's Loss
Sequel To A Death At The Mine
 11 Apr 1911  Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
 13 Apr 1911  Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
 13 Apr 1911  The Prospects Of Wellington Pit
 20 Apr 1911  The Dispute Of William Pit, Whitehaven
Men To Resume Work
 20 Apr 1911  The Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
 18 May 1911  Whitehaven County Court
Colliery Compensation Dependants
 18 May 1911  Whitehaven Colliery
 25 May 1911  Wellington Pit
New Developments
Good News For Whitehaven
 29 Jun 1911  Accident At Ladysmith Pit
Fatal Termination
 06 Jul 1911  Accident At Ladysmith Pit
Adjourened Inquest
Coroner And Miners' Agent: A Scene
 06 Jul 1911  The Local Miners' Union And Distress Funds
 03 Aug 1911  Serious Charge Against A Collier
Smart Sentence
 17 Aug 1911  Whitehaven Colliery Strike
 07 Sep 1911  Burning Fatality At Whitehaven
 28 Sep 1911  Accident At William Pit Coke Ovens
 30 Nov 1911  Fall Of Roof At Ladysmith Pit
Under Deputy Killed And Boy Badly Injured
 18 Jan 1912  Man Injured at William Pit, Whitehaven
 15 Feb 1912  Collier Killed At Ladysmith Pit
 21 Mar 1912  Whitehaven And The Strike
 06 Jun 1912  New Patent Colliery Haulage Bogie
 15 May 1913  Shunting Fatality At Whitehaven
The Inquest
 02 Apr 1914  Accident At Ladysmith
 16 Apr 1914  Inquiry Into The Ladysmith Fatality
 07 May 1914  A Collier's Death Follows An Accident
 03 Dec 1914  Accident At Wellington Pit
 22 Dec 1914  Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
The Inquest
 22 Apr 1915  Serious Accident At Ladysmith Pit
 26 Aug 1915  Accident At William Pit
 23 Sep 1915  Charge Against Belgian Miner Collapses At Whitehaven
Witness Slow Witted Or Unmitigated Scoundrel
 25 Nov 1915  Wellington Pit Accident
Four Men Injured
 16 Dec 1915  The Explosion At Wellington Pit
Injured Man's Death
 23 Dec 1915  The Explosion At Wellington Pit
The Adjourned Inquiry
 16 Mar 1916  Sad Pit Accident At Whitehaven
Collier Killed By A Fall
 23 Mar 1916  Fatality At Wellington Pit
 30 Mar 1916  Dilly Fatality At Wellington Pit
Runaway Switch Propped Open
Uncoupled Tubs Come Amain
 15 Jun 1916  Fatal Accident At Wellington Pit
 24 Aug 1916  Sudden Death In Wellington Pit
Jury Find It Due To Previous Accident
 16 Nov 1916  Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
 23 Nov 1916  Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
 11 Jan 1917  Shot-Firing Fatality At Ladysmith Pit
 11 Jan 1917  Shot-firing fatality
 03 May 1917  Fatal Result Of Accident At Whitehaven
Parton Man's Death
 28 Jun 1917  Alarming Fire At Ladysmith
 28 Jun 1917  Pit Lads' Argument Leads To Blows
 19 Jul 1917  Fatality At Ladysmith Pit
 04 Oct 1917  Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
 11 Oct 1917  The Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
The Inquest
The Observance Of Safety Rules
 22 Nov 1917  William Pit Fatality
Fall Of Ten Ton Stone
 29 Nov 1917  William Pit Fatality
Fall Of A Ten-Ton Stone
 27 Dec 1917  Engineman's Sudden Death At William Pit
 03 Jan 1918  Engineman's Sudden Death At William Pit
 17 Jan 1918  The Sudden Death At Wellington Pit
The Adjourned Inquest
 07 Mar 1918  A Whitehaven Collier's Death
 02 May 1918  Sad Fatality In Ladysmith Pit, Whitehaven
A Well-Known Man Killed
 09 May 1918  The Sad Fatality At Ladysmith Pit, Whitehaven
 18 Jul 1918  Fatal Fall At Ladysmith
 29 Aug 1918  Whitehaven Man Wounded And Missing
 20 Mar 1919  Whitehaven Coalminers Death
 15 May 1919  Buried Under Six Tons Of Stone
Inquest On Whitehaven Miner
 15 May 1919  A Collier's Death Four Years After An Accident
 29 Jan 1920  Whitehaven's Oldest Working "Collier"
George Stephenson, Aged 87
 05 Feb 1920  Ladysmith Miner's Death After Accident
 12 Feb 1920  The Fatality At Ladysmith Pit
 12 Feb 1920  Tubs Run A-Main
Bogie Hands Fail To Carry Out Their Instructions
 13 May 1920  Ex-Soldier's Sudden Death In Wellington Pit
 13 May 1920  Parton Man Severely Injured At William Pit
 20 May 1920  The Sudden Death In Wellington Pit, Whitehaven
 20 May 1920  Fatality At William Pit, Whitehaven
 16 Sep 1920  Whitehaven Colliery
 04 Nov 1920  Whitehaven Miners Quarrel Underground
A Blow And Its Sequel
 09 Dec 1920  Black Day At Whitehaven Pit
 16 Dec 1920  Crushed Between Engine And Wagon
Whitehaven Engine Driver's Fatal Injuries
 17 Feb 1921  Youth's Fight At Wellington Pit
A Cup, Broken Nose, And Iron Bar
 01 Sep 1921  Fatality At Haig Pit, Whitehaven
Opening Of The Inquest
 01 Sep 1921  Fire At Wellington Pit
250 Men Escape By Emergency Exit
 08 Sep 1921  Fatality At Haig Pit, Whitehaven
The Inquest
 15 Sep 1921  Fall Of Coal At Whitehaven Pit
Badly Injured Collier's Remarkable Coolness
 02 Feb 1922  Death Of Whitehaven Standard Link With Old Colliery Days Snapped
 09 Feb 1922  The Late Mr. W. Benn
One Of Whitehaven's Oldest Inhabitants
 16 Feb 1922  Fatal Safety Lamp Accident At Whitehaven
Collier Asks For Cigar After Operation
 23 Mar 1922  Fire In Whitehaven Pit
Graphic Scene Four Miles Under The Sea
Many Workers Affected
 20 Jul 1922  Fire Damp
Inquest On Two Whitehaven Miners
Coroner And Carelessness
 24 Aug 1922  Ladysmith Brake Fatality
 31 Aug 1922  Fatal Fall Of Roof At William Pit, Whitehaven
The Inquest
 31 Aug 1922  The Accident On Ladysmith Brake
Adjourned Inquest
 14 Sep 1922  A Warning To Miners
 22 Sep 1922  Saving Miners From Themselves
A Whitehaven Prosecution
 05 Oct 1922  "Slipping"
Whitehaven Miner's Folly
 12 Oct 1922  Gas In A Whitehaven Pit
Deputy Fined £5
Delay In Withdrawing Workers
 30 Nov 1922  Trouble About Tubs
Coal Hewer Fined For Fighting
 05 Apr 1923  Cigarettes and Matches in Pit
Whitehaven Miner Fined
 10 May 1923  Runaway Set Brings Down Roof
Kells Miner's Ordeal
Imprisoned For Six Hours
 11 Oct 1923  Whitehaven Pit Accident
 13 Nov 1923  Whitehaven Colliery Dispute
Arbitrators Award
 17 Jan 1924  Whitehaven Pit Accident
Haulage Wheel Wrecks Stage
Two Killed: Three Injured
 17 Jan 1924  Accident In Wellington Pit
Maryport Man Injured
 28 Feb 1924  Whitehaven Miner's Death
Pit Accident Five Months Ago
 06 Mar 1924  Whitehaven Miner's Death
Doctors Differ
 26 Jun 1924  Alleged "Tub Sticking"
Wellington Pit Miners Charged
 14 Aug 1924  Fatal Pit Accident
Men Struck By Unexpected Sett
Inquest On Whitehaven Hewer
 28 Aug 1924  Wellington Pit Accident
 11 Sep 1924  Whitehaven Pit Accident
 23 Oct 1924  Pit Fatality
Whitehaven And Frizington Miners Killed
Ten Ton Fall Of Roof In Ladysmith Pit
 02 Jul 1925  Fall Of Roof
Two Whitehaven Hewers Caught
A Fatal Ending
 09 Jul 1925  Without Warning
Whitehaven Hewer Caught By Two-Ton Stone
Rescuer With Fractured Skull
 06 Aug 1925  Dash For Safety
Hewer Caught By Big Fall
Whitehaven Pit Fatality
 06 Aug 1925  Tubs Collide
Whitehaven Pit Fatality
Shouts As Method Of Signalling
 18 Mar 1926  Whitehaven Outcrop Seam Fatality
 04 Apr 1926  History Of Whitehaven Pits
When Coal Was Two Shillings A Ton
18 Houses Demolished By Subsidences
 09 Oct 1926  News and Notes
 23 Oct 1926  News and Notes
 24 Feb 1927  Mining Accidents
Three Per Day
Whitehaven Youth Killed
 12 May 1927  Whitehaven Pit Accidents
 02 Jun 1927  Collapsed In Pit
Whitehaven Overman's Death
 02 Jul 1927  Whitehaven's New Coal Conveyor
 15 Dec 1927  Youth Crushed By Tub
 15 Dec 1927  Early Morning Coal Stealers
Caught Redhanded At Whitehaven
 19 Jan 1928  Killed In Whitehaven Pit
Cleator Moor Hewer's Broken Neck
 26 Jan 1928  Killed Instantly
By Fall Of Roof
Inquest On Cleator Moor Hewer
 25 Feb 1928  News and Notes
 01 Mar 1928  Imprisoned 5 Hours
In 20 Feet Working
Whitehaven Hewers' Ordeal
 14 Jul 1928  News and Notes
 27 Aug 1928  Closing Collieries
Notices in Warwickshire and at Whitehaven
 18 Oct 1928  Whitehaven Pit Accident
 18 Oct 1928  Miner's Leg Fractured
 25 Oct 1928  "Heard Thud And A Scream"
Whitehaven Shifthand Fatally Injured By Fall
 01 Nov 1928  Injured In Whitehaven Pit
 06 Dec 1928  Whitehaven Miner Injured
 31 Jan 1929  Veteran Miner's Untimely Death
Struck By Hensingham R.L. Team Bus
Presented To Prince Of Wales
 16 May 1929  Matches In Mine
Whitehaven Magistrate's Warning
 04 Jul 1929  Under Four Tons
Whitehaven Shifthand Killed
A Broken Girder
 26 Sep 1929  Mine Boys on Strike at Whitehaven
Three Thousand Workers Idle
 27 Sep 1929  Whitehaven Colliery Dispute
Negotiations As To Boys' Wages
 06 Nov 1929  Bench's Tribute To Colliery Company
 07 Nov 1929  Aged Sandwith Miner's Leg Amputated
 14 Nov 1929  Aged Miner's Fatal Injury
Question Of Bandages In Whitehaven Pit
 02 Apr 1930  Two Whitehaven Pit Workers Injured
 28 Apr 1930  Miners And Ambulance
Keen Competition At Whitehaven
 05 Jun 1930  20 Tons Fall In Whitehaven Pit
One Killed; Two Injured
Tunnel To Recover A Body
 19 Feb 1931  Whitehaven Miners' Meeting
Resumption Of Work
 23 Feb 1931  Women Pit Workers
Veteran Recalls Bad Old Days
 29 Apr 1931  Whitehaven Colliery Dispute
Question of Shot-firing
Strike of Haig and Wellington Men
 06 May 1931  Whitehaven Colliery Dispute
Extraordinary Result of Ballot
Another Vote to be Taken
 08 Jan 1932  Labour and Wages
North of England
 28 Apr 1932  Fatality In Whitehaven Pits
Mr. W. Brown's Criticisms
 28 Apr 1932  Fatality In Whitehaven Pits
Mr. W. Brown's Criticisms
 19 May 1932  Veteran Miner
Wath Brow Man Describes The Old Pits
 22 Jun 1933  Whitehaven Pit Accident
Worker Killed Instantly By Fall
 29 Jun 1933  Crushed By Stone
Whitehaven Pit Fatality
A Broken Roof
 23 Nov 1933  Collapsed At Work
Death Of Whitehaven Engineman
 09 Dec 1933  Northumberland Coal for Sweden
 12 Oct 1934  Notes from the Coal Fields
Cumberland
 13 Oct 1934  Developments at Whitehaven Collieries
 24 Nov 1934  Founded In 17th Century
 11 Jul 1935  William Pit Accident
 22 Nov 1935  Labour and Wages
North of England
 06 Dec 1935  Labour and Wages
North of England
 06 Feb 1936  Pit Ballot
 31 Jul 1936  Notes from the Coal Fields
Cumberland
 16 Jan 1937  Colliery Rumours
 03 Mar 1937  Help for Special Areas
Whitehaven Mine to Reopen
New Company Formed
 06 Mar 1937  Whitehaven Pits To Re-Start
 12 Mar 1937  News
 13 Mar 1937  Clogs For Miners
 13 Mar 1937  Whitehaven Collieries Reopening
 10 Apr 1937  Whitehaven Colliery Reopened
 27 May 1937  Coal For Ireland
 16 Jul 1937  Obituary
 19 Oct 1937  Whitehaven Colliery
Dangerous Task Of Moving Stoppings Completed
 18 Jan 1940  Whitehaven Mine Fatality
Doctor Performs Operation Underground
But Fails To Save Father Of Eight Children
 02 May 1940  Caught Under Fall
Whitehaven Miner's Fortitude
 20 Jun 1940  Whitehaven Engineman
Arm Amputated
 19 Sep 1940  Caught By Fall
Whitehaven Brusher Killed
 17 Jul 1941  Whitehaven Pit Fatality
Brusher Killed By Fall Of Stone
 18 Mar 1943  56 Years In The Mines
Haig Pit Accident Victim
 18 Jan 1945  Veteran Miner Could Fill 100 Tubs A Shift
 25 Jan 1945  A Veteran Miner Started Work At 10
 08 Feb 1945  62 Years In The Mines
King Edward Medal Holder Passes
 22 Aug 1946  Veteran Miner's Diamond Wedding
 25 Dec 1947  Whitehaven Miners Lodge Elections
 04 Sep 1957  "Historian's" Notebook
Early Progress In The Coal Industry
 18 Aug 1960  Whitehaven Pit Veteran Dies
 19 Nov 1964  300 Years Of Coal Mining
Haig Ready For £½m Modernisation
Whitehaven Celebrates 70th "Charter" Anniversary
 03 Dec 1964  Married 67 Years
Veteran Miner's Death At Whitehaven
 Mar 2003  The Haycart

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