Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Androidâ„¢ device!
Free
Faster access than browser!
 

Lofthouse Colliery disaster

Index Lofthouse Colliery disaster

The Lofthouse Colliery disaster was a mining accident which took place in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England on Wednesday 21 March 1973, in which seven mine workers died when workings were flooded. [1]

21 relations: Arthur Scargill, BBC, British Geological Survey, City of Leeds, City of Wakefield, England, Environment Agency, Health and Safety Executive, Knockshinnoch Disaster, Lofthouse, West Yorkshire, Mining accident, National Coal Board, Natural Environment Research Council, Outwood, Wakefield, Quecreek Mine rescue, Routledge, Selby Coalfield, The Price of Coal, The Times, West Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire Evening Post.

Arthur Scargill

Arthur Scargill (born 11 January 1938) is a British trade unionist.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Arthur Scargill · See more »

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and BBC · See more »

British Geological Survey

The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly-funded body which aims to advance geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and British Geological Survey · See more »

City of Leeds

The City of Leeds is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Leeds City Council, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and City of Leeds · See more »

City of Wakefield

The City of Wakefield is a local government district in West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and City of Wakefield · See more »

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and England · See more »

Environment Agency

The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1995 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), with responsibilities relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment in England (and until 2013 also Wales).

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Environment Agency · See more »

Health and Safety Executive

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is the body responsible for the encouragement, regulation and enforcement of workplace health, safety and welfare, and for research into occupational risks in Great Britain.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Health and Safety Executive · See more »

Knockshinnoch Disaster

The Knockshinnoch Disaster is a mining accident that occurred in the Ayrshire village of New Cumnock in September 1950.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Knockshinnoch Disaster · See more »

Lofthouse, West Yorkshire

Lofthouse is a village between the cities of Wakefield and Leeds in West Yorkshire, England.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Lofthouse, West Yorkshire · See more »

Mining accident

A mining accident is an accident that occurs during the process of mining minerals.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Mining accident · See more »

National Coal Board

The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and National Coal Board · See more »

Natural Environment Research Council

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is a British Research Council that supports research, training and knowledge transfer activities in the environmental sciences.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Natural Environment Research Council · See more »

Outwood, Wakefield

Outwood is a district to the north of Wakefield, a city in West Yorkshire, England.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Outwood, Wakefield · See more »

Quecreek Mine rescue

The Quecreek Mine rescue took place in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, when nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours, from July 24 to 28, 2002.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Quecreek Mine rescue · See more »

Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Routledge · See more »

Selby Coalfield

Selby coalfield (also known as the Selby complex, or Selby 'superpit') was a large-scale deep underground mine complex based around Selby, North Yorkshire, England, with pitheads at Wistow Mine, Stillingfleet Mine, Riccall Mine, North Selby Mine, Whitemoor Mine and at Gascoigne Wood Mine; all coal was brought to the surface and treated at Gascoigne Wood, being distributed onwards by rail.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Selby Coalfield · See more »

The Price of Coal

The Price of Coal is a two-part television drama written by Barry Hines and directed by Ken Loach first broadcast as part of the Play for Today series in 1977.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and The Price of Coal · See more »

The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and The Times · See more »

West Riding of Yorkshire

The West Riding of Yorkshire is one of the three historic subdivisions of Yorkshire, England.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and West Riding of Yorkshire · See more »

Yorkshire Evening Post

The Yorkshire Evening Post is a daily evening publication (delivered to newsagents every morning) published by Yorkshire Post Newspapers in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

New!!: Lofthouse Colliery disaster and Yorkshire Evening Post · See more »

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofthouse_Colliery_disaster

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »