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MCFC-25210
Item
2007

Part of Mildred Cookson Foundation Collection

Typed transcription.

Cookson, Mildred M, miller

Loudwater Mill

Part of Information sent by correspondents to the Mills Archive

Huntley, David

Clark, William and Charles

FHIS-12495
Item
2004

Part of Family History Communications

Information on William Frederick Clark (d. 1876) and his son Charles Frederick Clark. Includes a transciption of the inquest into the death of George Clark on 21 March 1864

Hague, Maureen

"Views of the Destructive Fire at the Atlantic Mills"

DUFF-SBK-141
Item
20 January 1912

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Cutting reporting on the fire at Atlantic Mills, Barry.

Milling

"Snap-shots taken after the recent fire at the Atlantic Mills, Barry"

DUFF-SBK-137
Item
1912

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Cutting showing different views of the fire at Ranks's Atlantic Flour Mills, Barry.

Unknown publisher

"Fire at Atlantic Mills, Barry Dock"

DUFF-SBK-136
Item
25 September 1912

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Cutting reporting on the 1912 fire of Atlantic Mills, Barry.

The Miller

Fire at Atlantic Flour Mills, Barry

DUFF-SBK-135
Item
nd

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Three cuttings on the fire at Ranks's Atlantic Flour Mills, Barry. The third cutting cannot be scanned easily.

Unknown publisher

Grove Hill Mills, Beverley

DUFF-SBK-129
Item
January 1907

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Two cuttings, the first showing a view of Grove Hill Flour Mills, the second a report on the fire at the mill in 1907.

The Miller

Great Fire at St Neots and flour milling machinery

DUFF-SBK-118
Item
1 February 1909

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Cutting reporting on the fire at Bedford Street Mills, St Neots. On the reverse are adverts for various flour milling machinery.

The Miller

Ruins of mills after fires

DUFF-SBK-110
Item
nd

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Two cuttings showing the ruins after fires of an unsprinklered mill, and Messrs Milner and Co's Priestgate Mills.

Unknown publisher

Mill fire at Ford Mill, Newport and "Fire and Flour Moths"

DUFF-SBK-063
Item
31 July 1894

Part of Duffield Family Collection

First cutting describes the fire that burnt down the old Ford Mill at Newport. The second cutting is correspondence to The Miller responding to an earlier piece of correspondence.

The Daily Graphic

Fire at King's Cross

DUFF-SBK-061
Item
16 January 1894

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Article describes a fire at Thorley's buildings on the banks of the Regents Canal, near King's Cross which caused £60000-70000 worth of damages.

The Daily Graphic

Fire at Messrs Marriage, Neave & Co Mills, Battersea and view of Albert Bridge Mill

DUFF-SBK-060
Item
8 March 1893

Part of Duffield Family Collection

The first cutting is an article about a fire at a grain warehouse next to Albert Bridge Mill. The second cutting is a picture of the mill itself from a Henry Simon newsletter.

The Daily Graphic

Fire at Cleator Moor Flour Mill, near Whitehaven and anecdote

DUFF-SBK-057
Item
30 January 1892

Part of Duffield Family Collection

The first cutting describes the fire at Cleator Moor Flour Mill, near Whitehaven, and the second details an anecdote after a meeting of the National Association of British and Irish Millers.

The Daily Graphic

Flour mill fire risks and a fire in France

DUFF-SBK-055
Item
30 May 1892

Part of Duffield Family Collection

The first cutting describes fire risks in roller mills. The second describes a fire in warehouses and granaries in Darblay, France. The third is a picture of Geen Mills, with a note saying it belongs to Messrs T Rowse and Sons.

The Daily Graphic

Fall of a Flour Mill, collapse at Kidd's Mills at Isleworth, and correspondence on mill fires

DUFF-SBK-053
Item
May 1891

Part of Duffield Family Collection

The first two cuttings are from the Daily Graphic, describing the collapse of silo walls at Kidd's Mills, causing £12,000 damages and spilling grain. Another cutting shows the Kidd's Mill assessed at £1818. The final cutting is of correspondence to The Miller, discussing fire safety at mills.

The Daily Graphic

"The Mills of Messrs. Hudson, Ward and Co., Goole"

DUFF-SBK-022
Item
6 May 1907 - 9 June 1930

Part of Duffield Family Collection

One cutting is from 1907 article in The Miller, detailing a new "Alphega" system of pneumatic scalping used at Messrs Hudson, Ward & Co's roller mill in Goole. The other cutting is from The Miller in 1930, detailing a fire at the mill in Goole, causing £1000 of damage.

The Miller

The Insurance News and a report on Welsbach incandescent gas lighting system, as well as a description of a mill fire

DUFF-SBK-014
Item
1886-1890

Part of Duffield Family Collection

Various sets of cuttings. The first cutting is a continuation of the article discussing the difficulties in insuring against fire in corn mills in DUFF-SBK-012 and DUFF-SBK-013. The next cutting describes a new Welsbach incandescent gas lighting system. There is then a cutting detailing a fire at Star Mills, Oldham. Next is a series of cuttings discussing a new mutual insurance to be set-up by a conglomerate of millers in the UK, as well as a new sprinkler system for mills, and also discussion of a new company secretary for the Association of British and Irish Millers.

The Insurance News

Rossett Mill and The Insurance News "The Corn Millers in Council - I"

DUFF-SBK-012
Item
1 August 1886

Part of Duffield Family Collection

The first cutting is a picture of Rossett Mill. The second cutting features the end of one article discussing insurance fraud in a cigar shop and the start of another article discussing difficulty in insuring corn millers. This article is continued in DUFF-SBK-013 and DUFF-SBK-014.

The Insurance News

Various mill fire reports 1886-1887

DUFF-SBK-004
Item
9 February 1886 - 15 January 1887

Part of Duffield Family Collection

5 cuttings reporting mill fires. The articles are from The Standard, The Citizen, and Soulby's Ulverston Advertiser and General Intelligencer, describing mill fires, their costs and causes.

The Standard

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