


| Holy Bible in English; 1873. Front Inscription "The Gift of the Oaks Colliery Explosion Subscription Relief Fund Committee, to Sarah Ann Ramsden, born August 22, 1863. In memory of The Terrible Explosion at the Oaks Colliery, near Barnsley, on Wednesday, the 12th December, 1866, in which her Father and 359 others, men and boys, lost their lives. President, the Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam, K.G., Treasurer, Richard Inns, Esq., Secretary, Mr. Geo. Wm. Atkinson. Search the Scriptures - John V. 39. Therefore be ye also ready - Matt. XXIV 44." The Bible was sold at auction from Indian Lake, NY and present location is unknown. |