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Mar. 03, 1950 - Eighty men lost in colliery disaster. Relatives at the pit head.: It is estimated that eighty men have lost their lives in the fire which broke cut today 1, 300 feet underground at a point 1, 000 yards from the pit bottom - at Creswell Colliery Derbyshire. Photo shows relatives at the pithead - after hearing the news that rescue of the eighty trapped men was impossible

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13160411
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46146940
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5298px x 3933px (1.7MB)
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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
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Keystone Pictures USA

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Broke Colliery Creswell Derbyshire Eighty Estimated Hearing Impossible Pithead Relatives Trapped Yards


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