Durham Mining Museum - Newspaper Article Index (original) (raw)

Date

Headline(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