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Medomsley Colliery pit cage disaster, 24 Feb 1923: cage accident in downcast shaft
Catalogue reference: POWE 8/388
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This record is about the Medomsley Colliery pit cage disaster, 24 Feb 1923: cage accident in downcast shaft dating from 1923 in the series Ministry of Power and Predecessors: Safety and Health Division and Inspectorate of.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1923
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Medomsley Colliery pit cage disaster, 24 Feb 1923: cage accident in downcast shaft
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- H/S 1271
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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POWE 8
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