Picture No | 10215855 |
Date | 1934 |
Description | A family group waiting for news at the pit head |
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A family wait by the pithead after the great explosion at Gresford colliery in Wales. Over 260 miners lost their lives as a result of raging fires in the pits, orphaning nearly 800 children.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 29th September 1934 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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