Initial indications were that the blast was caused by firedamp, a term referring to methane forming an explosive mixture in coal mines, the central government's representative in Asturias ...

Initial indications were that the blast was caused by firedamp, a term referring to methane forming an explosive mixture in coal mines, the central government's representative in Asturias ...

the King Mine and the Dandy Mine - was 1,500 feet deep making it the deepest on the whole of the Burnley coalfield. After the war, the colliery was taken over by the National Coal Board and ...