Hamstead Colliery Fire 1908
A fire broke out at the foot of the main shaft at Hamstead Colliery, near Birmingham, thought to be caused by a lighted candle. Thirty-one miners were in the pit at the time, six escaped before poisonous fumes built up. Drawing showing women and children being tended at the pit head
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Picture No
14152847
Media ID
48983243
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans
Source
Drawn by Fortunino Matania in The Sphere, 21 March 1908, page 241
Date
4th March 1908
