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. Front cover of The Graphic showing rescuers trying to find the entombed men in the mine
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Picture No
14152848
Media ID
48983261
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans
Source
Front cover drawing by Frederic de Haenen in The Graphic, 14 March 1908
Date
4th March 1908
