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Bell tolls 168 times for pit blast victims

8:09am Tuesday 17th February 2009

HUNDREDS of people gathered yesterday to mark the centenary of one of the region’s deadliest pit disasters.

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Hundreds mark 100th anniversary of disaster

7:54am Monday 16th February 2009

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.

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Blast that tore the heart from a town

8:06am Monday 16th February 2009

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.

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Victims remembered

8:09am Monday 16th February 2009

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.

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Keegan the hero

8:12am Monday 16th February 2009

ONE of the heroes of the disaster at West Stanley Pit was former Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan’s grandfather.

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Relatives praise pair for disaster support

9:28am Saturday 14th February 2009

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.

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Twist of fate survivor died in explosion 30 years later

9:35am Friday 13th February 2009

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.

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Centenary tribute to 168 workers who died in mine

4:28pm Wednesday 11th February 2009

CHURCH bells will toll 168 times to mark the 100th anniversary of one of region's worst coal mining disasters.

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Miner’s wife brought up family on a pittance

8:22am Wednesday 11th February 2009

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.

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