Lung Hill Colliery explosion 1857
Explosion at Lung Hill Colliery in Wombwell neighbourhood of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 200 miners went down the pit that day, in which 189 men and boys aged between 10 and 59 died, caused by a firedamp explosion
Picture No
12017630
Media ID
47675902
Size
4001px x 5592px
(5.9MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Engraving in The Illustrated Times', 28 February 1857, page 136
Date
19 February 1857
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