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Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Men Involved

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe - The Men Involved The Men who Died The Men who Survived

Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – Six Feet High Plane Reduced To a Foot

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Six Feet High Plane Reduced To a Foot Leslie Thompson, one of the five men released from the...

Epic Rescue after Pit Catastrophe – The Last Two

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 The Last Two End of Five and a Half Days' Search The last two men, G. F....

South Yorkshire Colliery Disasters

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942

Dearne Board “Stuck” at Mill Weir – Tide Up At Bolton

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 23 May 1942 Tide Up At Bolton Dearne Board "Stuck" at Mill Weir Some indication of the natural obstacles to...

Issue of New Ration Books

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Issue of New Ration Books You Need: Your present ration book with reference to leave filled in 2. Your...

Marconigrams – May 02nd, 1942

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Marconigrams The egg ration for April is five for each person. The proposed scheme for the rationing of coal...

Marconigrams – May 16th, 1942

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 16 May 1942 Marconigrams Mrs  K. Jackson, of Wath, has made a donation of £20, which is much appreciated for...

Haulage Hand’s Suicide – Bolton Gassing Tragedy

May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Haulage Hand's Suicide Bolton Gassing Tragedy A verdict of "Suicide while the balance of his mind was...

Editorial – Barnburgh Main

2 May 1942
South Yorkshire Times - Saturday 02 May 1942 Barnburgh Main The History of coal-mining is unfortunately punctuated with those disasters which seem inevitable where man...