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Beneath the title are two paragraphs of text giving a brief description of the scene and casualties, followed by 14 four-line verses on the theme.<\/p>
First line of verse: 'Such woe and grief in Bolton town,'.<\/p>
Pasted into an album with handwritten title: \"Ballads, garlands and other metrical compositions\", containing 249 items. Spine title: \"Ballads, songs & broadsides\".<\/p>" }, { "label": "Former Owner(s)", "value": "Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924; Bateman, Family, of Middleton Hall, Derbyshire" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Colliery explosion near Bolton, on the morning of Monday, March 1s, 1852, at Mr. Thompson's coal works, near Bolton.." }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "
The verses are printed in two columns separated by an ornamental border, with an ornamental border around the whole.<\/p>
With a square bracket printed at the start of the imprint, but no closing bracket at the end.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "" }, { "label": "Publication", "value": "[Bolton] : [Hargreaves, Printer, Bolton, [1852]" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "1852" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "England,Bolton." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "English" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "The John Rylands Library" }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "1 sheet Leaf height: 260 mm, width: 200 mm." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "R150649.55" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Thompson, Mr., colliery owner; Coal mine accidents -- England -- Poetry; Bolton (Greater Manchester, England) -- Poetry; Ballads, English--Texts; Street literature; Ballads" }, { "label": "Collection", "value": "Special Collections" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "