Synopses & Reviews
The worst disaster of the North Wales coalfield - one of the worst in the history of the British mining industry - occurred in 1934, killing 256 men and devastating a small community. Stanley Williamsons account draws on his own interviews with the bereaved and those involved in the rescue, as well as the reports of the subsequent inquiry and the records of the North Wales Miners Association. Williamson covers the inquiry, and the important issues it raised, in detail and charts the way in which Sir Stafford Cripps, representing the North Wales miners, launched an attack on the whole social and industrial system of which the industry was a part.
"An intelligent and well-informed documentary narrative of the disaster and the official inquiry."—The Economic History Review
Review
"An intelligent and well-informed documentary narrative of the disaster and the official inquiry."-- The Economic History Review The Economic History Review
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
1. The Disaster
2. The Village
3. The Coalfield
4. The Industry
5. The Colliery
6. The Aftermath
7. Sir Stafford Cripps
8. The Working Mine
9. The Inquiry
10. The Management
11. The Firemen
12. The Inspectorate
13. The Miners
14. The Union
15. The Reports
16. The Last Rites
Epilogue
Appendix A: Nationalisation
Appendix B: The Davy Lamp
Appendix C: Butties
Appendix D: Owners
Bibliography
Index