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 Read Coal Magazine
You can search Coal Magazine from 1947 to mid-1960 using the freetext search facility, it will search the magazine and find pages with the word(s) you are looking for. Type in one or two terms and click search.
You can either browse whole issues, by clicking on the cover and using the next button to turn the pages or narrow the search by selecting a particular volume, year or month and using the search facility. |
Between 1880 and 1910, over 1000 fatalities occurred every year in British coal mines.
An average of four miners killed and 517 injured every day.
In 1910 the national fatality figure rose to 1818 killed.
Of these, 501 died in explosions, 658 through falls of ground, and 286 through haulage accidents, 373 other accidents. |
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