100 Years of the Mines Rescue Service
Published on 5. December 2018
69 pages
978-1-78623-432-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mines Rescue Service in the Rhondda Valleys and South Wales Based at the Dinas Mines Rescue Station, Rhondda many thousands of volunteer miners were trained to become members of their colliery rescue team; to deal with the many hundreds of varied underground emergencies, sadly many resulting in loss of life. All coalfields in Britain and Europe and many worldwide had a trained Mines Rescue Service.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Guildford
United Kingdom
File size
7,72 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-78623-432-2 (9781786234322)
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Malcolm Davies
100 Years of the Mines Rescue Service
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11/2018
Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd
€29.91
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Beginning of the Industrialisation of Rhondda
- The Middle Phase of Industrialisation
- Formation of the Rhondda Mines Rescue Station
- The Original Mines Rescue Station
- Establishment of the Permanent Corps
- The Third and Final Phase of Mining in Rhondda
- Reorganisation of the Mines Rescue Service
- Incidents Involving the Mines Rescue Service
- Equipment Development in the Coal Industry
- Dinas Rescue Station at Present
- Summary
- Bibliography
- Appendix 1 Published Retirement of Superintendent Malcolm Davies
- Appendix 2 Remember the Miner
- Appendix 3 Spotlight on Dinas Mines Rescue Station - 75th Anniversary
- Copyright
