Yorkshire Disasters: a Social & Family History

What have Penistone, Hull, Thirsk and Bradford got in common? Along with many other places in Yorkshire, they were the scenes of major disasters. This book is a fascinating collection of events including railway accidents, lifeboat disasters, mining disasters, floods, boats sinking, chimneys collapsing and ferries being blown up. The
stories explain how the disasters happened, how people reacted at the time and where the blame was seen to lie, though all too often the word 'accident' covered a multitude of sins. The disasters cover a range of types, places and dates showing that no one is ever really safe anywhere, any time!

SALES
First account in one volume of well-known and forgotten disaster affecting Yorkshire
Includes natural events as well as accidents
Wide coverage throughout the old county of Yorkshire
Wide timespan, from medieval times to the modern era
Of value to anyone interested in social, local and family history
Includes lists of victims, backgrounds and the story of events
Well illustrated
Experienced author and family historian

AUTHOR
Vivien Teasdale has had a long standing interest in local and family history. She has published widely, in particular in Practical Family History Magazine and is editor of the Pontefract Family History Society Journal. Her books include Huddersfield Mills, Huddersfield Mill Memories and Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths around Huddersfield.

ISBN: 9781845630584
Author: TEASDALE VIVIEN
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20/08/2008
RRP: $35.99
Pages: 192
Dimension: 234mm X 156mm
Imprint: Wharncliffe Publishing