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NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994
A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972
BUT - Butterley Company Colliery Offices - 1857-1960
13 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records on the development of collieries - 1895-1947
18 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on health and safety developments - 1897-1947
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Archive Reference / Library Class No.
NCB/A/BUT/13/18/13
Former Reference
N5/12/8
Title
Butterley Company general correspondence file on disasters
Date
Feb 1937-Aug 1938
Description
Including newspaper cuttings on inquiry into Gresford Pit explosion (near Wrexham, north Wales) in Sep 1934, correspondence of condolence with South Normanton Colliery on explosion in Feb 1937, correspondence on Derbyshire Collieries Disaster Relief Fund, and copies of newspaper cuttings and documents on Markham Colliery disaster and inquiry in May 1938
Extent
1 file
Level
File
Repository
Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator
Butterley Company
National Coal Board
Term
Mining disasters
Coal mine accidents
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South Normanton; South Normanton Colliery; 1892-1952; coal mine
South Normanton; South Normanton Colliery Company Limited; 1891-1947; colliery company
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