Accidents - Disasters - Fires - Floods - Tragedies
Sep. 09, 1950 - Eighty men lost in Colliery disaster. Scene at the Pithead: An official statement says that it is impossible to rescue eighty of the men trapped by a wall of flame in Creswell Colliery, Derbyshire. The fire is believed to have started 1, 300 feet underground at a point 1, 000 yards from the shaft bottom. Photo Shows Anxious relatives and miners awaiting at the pithead for latest news in the disaster
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13160719
Media ID
46126768
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5055px x 4000px
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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Editorial Use Only - No Property or Model Releases. For any non-editorial use, please contact Mary Evans direct
Source
Keystone Pictures USA
