“HORRIBLE” CONDITIONS IN MINE
CHARGES AGAINST GRESFORD COLLIERY LONDON, April 21. The hearing of 42 summonses against officials of the Gresford colliery has opened at Wrexham. They relate to alleged neglect to provide proper ventilation, failure to report the true condition of the airways in the workings and failure to keep records of alleged illegal shot firing. The Solicitor-General (Sir Terence O’Connor) said he did not intend to mince his words. The conditions in the mine were horrible. Council emphasized that there was no allegation that any of the defendants or the company were responsible, by the acts with which they 'Were charged, for the explosion itself. The summonses related to the conditions and breaches of the Mines Act before the explosion. The proceedings will probably last a week. As a sequel to the Gresford colliery disaster in 1934, when 265 lives were lost, summonses were served on March 28 against the Gresford Colliery Company and also against William Bonsall, manager, Harold Thomas, a foreman, and others for alleged breaches of the Coal Mines Regulations Act.
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Southland Times, Issue 23181, 23 April 1937, Page 7
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