Gresford
Subtitle: the anatomy of a disaster
By: Stanley Williamson.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Liverpool
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
Subjects: Gresford Colliery Disaster, Gresford, Wales, 1934.; Mine explosions -- Wales -- Gresford -- History -- 20th century.; Gresford (Wales) -- History.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.