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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	DA/N/1938.05.11.DS
Title	Daily Sketch newspaper featuring front page headline about the Markham Colliery disaster
Date	11 May 1938
Description	Featuring photographs of the rescue team, relatives and friends waiting for news. Other news includes the introduction of '999' emergency number across Britain
Extent	1 item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Provenance Unknown - Artificial Collection created by Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	'Daily Sketch', newspaper
Custodial History	This item was donated to Derbyshire Record Office in January 2022 by a member of the public who had inherited it from her father, who it seems had obtained it at the time and kept it in remembrance of the disaster.
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Format	Document
Term	Coal mines
	Coal mine accidents
	Emergency services
	Press advertising
	Newspapers
	Women
	Gender stereotypes
	Gender division of labour
	Fashion
	Air raid precautions
	Employees

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