Creswell colliery, where eighty men perished in a fire

Creswell colliery where eighty miners perished in a fire at the junction of two conveyer belts. An aerial view showing ambulances approaching the pithead and anxious families gathered at the offices. 19 miners escaped after the fire broke out, but 80 men were trapped and subsequently lost their lives. Six rescue team tried to control the blaze, and at one point got within 100 meters of the trapped men, but unfortunately they could not reach them

Ambulances Anxious Approaching Belts Blaze Broke Colliery Conveyer Creswell Eighty Escaped Junction Meters Perished Pithead Reach Subsequently Trapped

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