Hi -

I have recently acquired a number of copies of Illustrated Londen News
published between March 1853 and December 1859.  I have transcribed the text
of all the mining references which I can find and these cover the following
:

    Accident at Arley colliery at Wigan.
    Some strikes by miners - in the Glasgow district, at Kingswood colliery
near         Bristol, in South Wales, and at Oakes Colliery.
    Etherley (Co. Durham) Mechanic's Institute.
    The experiments carried out by the then Astronomer Royal, Professor
Airy, at         Harton Colliery, South Shields, Co. Durham.
      Fatal boiler explosions at Trimdon Grange Colliery and Kelloe South
pit, Co.         Durham, and at Old Park Colliery, near Darlaston.
    Explosion at Butterley Colliery, Ripley, Derbyshire.
    Explosion at Lundhill Colliery.
    Fatal accident at Clay Cross Collieries, Derbyshire, as a result of a
cage rope         breaking.
    Explosion at The Diamond Pit at Bardsley.
    Explosion at Mountain Ash Colliery.
    Fatal accident at Lodge Colliery, West Bromwich, as a result of a fall.
    Explosion at Lower Duffryn Colliery.
    The opening of the Ulverstone Mining Company's new water level.
    The sinking of the works of the Victoria Mining Company at Runswick,
near         Whitby.
    Discovery of a lead and silver mine worked by the Romans at Llanidloes.
    A note on the Burra Burra copper mines in South Australia.
    Explosion at Broughton Hall Colliery, near Wrexham.
    Explosion at Wingerworth ironstone mine near Chesterfield.
    Sinking of the deepest coal pit in Great Britain at Dukinfield,
Cheshire.
    Discovery of a new coal field at Denbigh.
    The fire at Page Bank Colliery, Co Durham. (quite an extensive report)
    The disaster at Primrose Colliery, near Neath.
    Disaster at Cae pit, near Llanelly, as a result of an inrush of water
from old             workings.
    Fatal accident when sinking the shaft at Thrybergh Colliery, near
Rotherham.
    Explosion at Morfa Colliery, Tailbach as a result of a safety lamp being
dismantled.
    Explosion at Tyldesley Colliery, near Manchester.
    Notes on men and boys being fined for unlocking and dismantling their
safety         lamps.
    Invention of a new safety lamp by W. Wilkins & Co.
    A near accident to an inspector at Keld Head Lead mines.
    Invention of a new safety lamp by Mr. S. S. Kenrick.
    A note on the quantity of coal raised and the amount of coal reserves.
    Fatal accident at Heworth Colliery, Co. Durham.
    Explosion at Tredegar No 3 Colliery.
    Accident at Silkstone Main Colliery.
    Discovery of a seam of coal between Lydden-hill and Shepherdswell, near
Dover.
    Gunpowder explosion in a cottage which was used for gunpowder storage at
Harrieseahead.
    Fatal accident at a pit at Hanley, as a result of the skip being
overdrawn.
    Explosion of firedamp at Wingerworth ironstone pit, near Chesterfirld.
    Fatal accident at the Bull Pit of the Low Laithes Colliery, Alverthorpe,
as a result     of an explosion caused by the use of candles.
    Fatal accident at Springfield Colliery, Dudley, as a result of a fall of
coal.
    Accident at Moseley Hole Colliery, near Wolverhampton, as a result of
the skip     being overdrawn.

If any list member is interested in any of the above items please contact me
'off list' and I will send the material as an attachment (15 A4 pages in
total).

I have not yet been able to copy the engravings referred to, i.e. the fire
at Page Bank Colliery, Tyldesley Colliery, and the invention of a safety
lamp by W. Wilkins & Co., but I hope to do this in the not too distant
future.

Alan.