Riot at Mold in Flintshire

A huge mob, assembled at the railway station at Mold in Flintshire, Scotland to protest against the imprisonment of miners, employees of the Leeswood Coal Company, who had allegedly assaulted the underground manager. The mob, two thousand strong, pelted the assembled police and soldiers with stones forcing the authorities to fire into the crowd killing five, including two women

1869 Colliers Colliery Disturbance Flintshire Mold Riot

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