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D1920 - National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area - 1867-2015
1 - Area Secretary's Office - 1867-2015
17 - Disaster funds - 1934-1993
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
D1920/1/17/1
Former Reference
A368/5
Title
Grassmoor Relief Fund
Date
1934-1960
Description
Correspondence and accounts covering the period 1948-1960.
File includes three copies of a report, with plans, entitled 'Report on the Causes of and Circumstances attending the Explosion which occurred at Grassmoor Colliery, Derbyshire, on the 19th November, 1933', presented by the Secretary of Mines to Parliament in March 1934. Also includes a return giving particulars of colliery accident funds in Britain raised before 31 December 1949, presented to Parliament by the Minister of Fuel and Power in December 1950.
Extent
1 file
Level
File
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
Administrative History
On 19 November 1933 an explosion in the deep hard seam at Grassmoor Colliery killed 14 people.
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