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- ↑ "The Cadeby Disaster - Death of the Manager of the Pit". News in Brief. The Times. No. 39952. London. 16 July 1912. p. 8.
- ↑ "BFI Screenonline: Price Of Coal, The (1977)". www.screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ "Awards of the Edward Medal". Official Appointments and Notices. The Times. No. 40223. London. 28 May 1913. p. 11.
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