Gresford Disaster, The

DESCRIPTION: 242 miners and three rescuers died in the Gresford mine explosion. The management is accused of destroying the fireman's records to cover criminal negligence. "Down there in the dark they are lying; they died for nine shillings a day"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1952
KEYWORDS: disaster death mining
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Sept 22, 1934 - explosion of the Gresford pit mine (in Denbyshire) kills 265 miners and three rescuers
FOUND IN: Britain
REFERENCES (3 citations):
MacColl-ShuttleAndCage-IndustrialFolkBallads, pp. 11-12, "The Gresford Disaster" (1 text, 1 tune)
Grigson-PenguinBookOfBallads 116, "The Gresford Disaster" (1 text)
DT, GRESFORD
Roud #3089
RECORDINGS:
Mrs. A. Cosgrave, "The Gresford Disaster" (on FSB3)
File: PBB116

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