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 Williamson's account draws on his own interviews with the bereaved and those involved i…
Williamson uses his own interviews with the bereaved and those involved in the rescue attempt to present an accessible account of the Gresford colliery disaster of 1934, in which 256 men lost their lives, and the important issues the disaster raised.
Williamson uses his own interviews with the bereaved and those involved in the rescue attempt to present an accessible account of the Gresford colliery disaster of 1934, in which 256 men lost their lives, and the important issues the disaster raised.
Williamson uses his own interviews with the bereaved and those involved in the rescue attempt to present an accessible account of the Gresford colliery disaster of 1934, in which 256 men lost their lives, and the important issues the disaster raised.
"Stanley Williamson has the first readily available account of the worst disaster of the North Wales coalfield and one of the worst in the history of the British mining industry. The disaster occurred in 1934: 256 men lost their lives, 200 women were widowed and 800 children los…