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Accidents - Disasters - Fires - Floods - Tragedies

Sep. 26, 1950 - Eighty Men Lost In Colliery Disaster. Reading The Latest Bulletin At Pithead: An official statements says that is is impossible to rescue eighty men trapped by a wall of flame at Croswell Colliary, Doryshire. The fire is believed to have started 1, 300 feet underground at a point 1, 000 yards from the shaft bottom. Photo shows The scene as relatives and officials read the latest bulletins at the pithead at Croswell Colliary

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Believed Bulletin Bulletins Colliery Eighty Impossible Pithead Relatives Says Shaft Statements Trapped Yards


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