The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.
Pub.
Date | Article (Newspaper) |
|---|
| 20 Apr 1888 | Terrible Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 21 Apr 1888 | The Colliery Explosion In Cumberland (The Times) |
| 23 Apr 1888 | The Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 24 Apr 1888 | Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 26 Apr 1888 | Appalling Pit Disaster Near Workington, Thirty Men Killed At St. Helens Colliery (Whitehaven News) |
| 26 Apr 1888 | The Workington Pit Disaster, Condition Of The Mine, Consultation By Mining Inspectors, Managers, And Directors (Whitehaven News) |
| 26 Apr 1888 | Military Funeral Of Sergeant Smith (Whitehaven News) |
| 30 Apr 1888 | Letters to the Editor, The Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 01 May 1888 | The Workington Colliery Disaster (The Times) |
| 03 May 1888 | The St. Helens Pit Calamity (Whitehaven News) |
| 10 May 1888 | St. Helens Colliery Explosion (Whitehaven News) |
| 17 May 1888 | The Workington Disaster, Further Diving Operations — Recovery Of Bodies (Whitehaven News) |
| 18 May 1888 | The Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 24 May 1888 | St. Helens Colliery Disaster (Cumberland Pacquet) |
| 24 May 1888 | The St. Helens Colliery Disaster, The Inquest Before Mr. Lumb (Cumberland Pacquet) |
| 25 May 1888 | The Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 26 May 1888 | The Workington Colliery Explosion (The Times) |
| 31 May 1888 | St. Helens Colliery Disaster, Verdict Of The Jury (Whitehaven News) |
| 07 Jun 1888 | St. Helen's Colliery, Proving A New Seam (Cumberland Pacquet) |
| 07 Jun 1888 | Correspondence, The Workington Disaster (Cumberland Pacquet) |
| 14 Jun 1888 | The St. Helen's Colliery Disaster, The Adjourned Inquest: Scenes Between The Coroner And Foreman (Cumberland Pacquet) |
| 11 Aug 1888 | Closing Scenes Of The St. Helen's Disaster, The Funerals Of Halstead And Tunstall, Painful Incident At The Church Gates (Workington Star) |
| 30 May 1889 | St. Helens Colliery Disaster, Resumption Of The Inquest, Examination Of Beatty, The All Important Witness (Whitehaven News) |
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