Miner’s wife brought up family on a pittance
THE teenage widow of a miner killed in a pit disaster had to bring up a two-year-old daughter and a baby he never saw on a pittance, relatives have revealed.
View ArticleCentenary tribute to 168 workers who died in mine
CHURCH bells will toll 168 times to mark the 100th anniversary of one of region's worst coal mining disasters.
View ArticleTwist of fate survivor died in explosion 30 years later
A MINER who lived through the worst pit disaster in a county because of a twist of fate died in a similar accident nearly 30 years later on the other side of the world.
View ArticleRelatives praise pair for disaster support
RELATIVES of miners who died in one of the North-East’s worst pit disasters have thanked two men who have ensured they have not been forgotten.
View ArticleStrain claimed final victim
THE 169th victim died 11 days after the disaster, but he was not fatally injured by the explosion or the immediate aftermath.
View ArticleKeegan the hero
ONE of the heroes of the disaster at West Stanley Pit was former Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan’s grandfather.
View ArticleVictims remembered
THE Northern Echo launched a four-year campaign to win recognition for the 118 victims of the Stanley pit disaster who lay buried in unmarked graves.
View ArticleBlast that tore the heart from a town
Fathers, sons, brothers and uncles – almost every street in Stanley lost a loved one in the blast that claimed 168 lives 100 years ago today.
View ArticleHundreds mark 100th anniversary of disaster
THE dangers of the region’s industrial past were remembered at the weekend as hundreds of people gathered to mark the centenary of one of the North-East’s worst mining disasters.
View ArticleBell tolls 168 times for pit blast victims
HUNDREDS of people gathered yesterday to mark the centenary of one of the region’s deadliest pit disasters.
View ArticleFamily tells of uncle’s sacrifice
As the 100th anniversary of a pit disaster approaches, the family of one of the victims explains how they think he died. Gavin Havery reports.
View Article‘Miners had no choice but to return to work’
A DESCENDANT of one of the miners killed in the Stanley Pit Disaster a century ago has recalled how his father and grandfather had no choice but to return to work immediately after the tragedy.
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