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    Perrin, 2011, p.100. Yves Courrière, Normandie Niémen. Un temps pour la Guerre, Paris, Presses de la Cité, 1979, p.39 Yves Courrière, Normandie Niémen. Un...
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    members Didouche Mourad, was appointed head of zone II ( Wilaya II). Yves Courrière nicknamed him the "Saint - Just of the Algerian revolution " 1. He was...
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  • Hainaut Cour-sur-Heure LUH 132 Hainaut Courcelles-Motte LCCM 124 Hainaut Courrière MRR 162 Namur Court-Saint-Étienne LCN 140 Walloon Brabant Couvin LCV 134...
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  • profitable. In 1906, the terrible Courrières mine disaster killed nearly 1,100 miners working for Compagnie de Courrières, France's leading mining company...
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    French prisoners of war by German troops on 28 May 1940. Oignies and Courrières massacre - Massacre of French and Belgian civilians by German troops on...
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    on an 80-kilometre trip on foot to meet with Breton in the village of Courrières; however, he was intimidated by Breton's success and/or the high wall...
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    coal was discovered in Lens after surveys were carried out at Annay, Courrières and Loos-en-Gohelle. This led to the expansion of the city into an important...
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    Pas-de-Calais department Battle of Vimy Ridge 7 Valleys Pas-de-Calais Achicourt station "Répertoire national des élus: les conseillers départementaux". data.gouv...
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  • disaster at Senghenydd in South Wales in 1913 in which 439 miners died, the Courrières mine disaster in Northern France which killed 1,099 miners in 1906, the...
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  • collapse Dhaka District, Bangladesh 1,099 10 March 1906 Courrières mine disaster Courrières, France 687 15 December 1914 Mitsubishi Hōjō coal mine disaster...
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    States. 74 people died, including 6 children. March 10, 1906: Courrières mine disaster, Courrières, France. 1,099 people died, including children, in the worst...
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    Risorgimento Italy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-23011-755-6. Courrière, Henri (2007). "Les troubles de février 1871 à Nice. Entre particularisme...
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    the miners during the expansion of coal extraction in the region. The Courrières mine disaster occurred in the region in 1906, leading to the death of...
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    Étaples. The sea, however, is now some distance away. Montreuil-sur-Mer station has rail connections to Arras and Étaples. Montreuil-sur-Mer is surrounded...
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    Greco-Byzantine style by the architect Boutterin in 1932. The new railway station was opened in 1933. At the end of the Second World War Hénin-Beaumont was...
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  • workers), but major disaster was always a threat. 1099 men died in the Courrières mine disaster of 1906. The campaign for mine safety enabled miners to...
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    Coupelle-Neuve Coupelle-Vieille Courcelles-le-Comte Courcelles-lès-Lens Courrières Courset La Couture Couturelle Coyecques Crémarest Crépy Créquy Croisette...
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    arranged after Aglaé's birth that army sergeant André Savatier, who was stationed near the village, become her stepfather. Martin and Savatier were married...
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    in the history of coal mining superseding the 1,099 death toll of the Courrières mine disaster in 1906 and the second worst recorded energy accident, in...
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    Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2018. Courrière, Henri (2007). "Les troubles de février 1871 à Nice". Cahiers de la Méditerranée...
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    Germany February 1962 Marcinelle mining disaster Belgium August 1956 Courrières mine disaster France March 1906 Annual coal carbon emissions (2005–2008...
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    were mainly caused by carbon monoxide poisoning or asphyxiation. The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099...
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    several railway stations, of which the most important is Boulogne-Ville station, located in the south of the city. Boulogne-Tintelleries station is used by...
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  • Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. "Huge explosion rips through gas station in Russia". The Independent. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2020...
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  • Thumbnail for Croisilles, Pas-de-Calais
    its church, the village has two bars, a supermarket (including petrol station), a pharmacy, a post office and a small DIY store, which is operated by...
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    of improving mine safety. In 1906 a major explosion at a colliery in Courrières, northern France, caused the deaths of more than 1,000 miners. The subsequent...
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    to a French colonial official Peter John Werlée, Capitaine du Port, stationed at nearby Pondicherry, captured by the British earlier that year. She...
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    population, the day after a particularly brutal ratissage, or raid. Yves Courrière shared this point of view, specifying that the mutilations took place...
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    of 250,000 inhabitants. The history of the area remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster which caused 1099 deaths on 10 March 1906 on the territories...
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    airport, used by Silver Arrow trains Étaples-Le Touquet railway station, the only railway station near Le Touquet still in existence The main roads leading...
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