Tag: Accidents Records and researchRemembering the Oaks Colliery Disaster of 12 and 13 December, 1866Tuesday 13 December 2022For anyone with mining ancestors or connection to the mining industry, the anniversary of...Records and researchThe 1922 Wilmcote railway accident: 100 years onThursday 24 March 2022You probably won’t have heard of Edward Sherwood, Lewis Washburn, George Booker or William...Records and researchThumbs up to railway accidentsTuesday 21 May 2019Between June 1908 and November 1917 there were 63 injuries to the thumbs of...Records and researchThe Centenary of the Quintinshill Rail DisasterFriday 22 May 2015One hundred years ago, on 22 May 1915, the UK witnessed its worst ever...Records and researchThe Moorgate Tube crashSaturday 28 February 201528 February 2015 is the 40th anniversary of the Moorgate Tube crash in 1975. Files from...Records and researchFlixborough, 1 June 1974Friday 30 May 20141 June is the 40th anniversary of the Flixborough disaster, an explosion at a...