{"name":"President","target":"Hughes, William Morris (Billy)","target_text":null,"date":{"#markup":"<span class='date'>1905<\/span>"},"date_start":"1905","date_end":"1905"}
Coal lumpers were crucial to coal-powered shipping, hauling giant quantities of fuel from ship to ship in appalling conditions. With the disappearance of steam power, a whole occupation, with its own skills, lore and traditions as well as hazards and dangers, faded into history.
