The Easington Colliery mining disaster
A violent underground explosion in the early hours of 29th May, caused the National Coal Board's worst mine disaster since the nationalisation of coal. In all, eighty miners who had been working in the mine were killed, and one rescue worker lost his life as well
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10409323
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46065210
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3850px x 5452px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News, 9th June 1951, page 947
Date
29th May 1951
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