Picture No | 10543413 |
Date | 2nd March 1860 |
Description | Burradon Colliery mining disaster |
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Report in the Illustrated London News, 10th March 1860, describing the terrible coal mining accident which occurred on 2nd March of that year at Burradon Colliery near Newcastle when a fatal explosion at the pit cost the lives of 76 men and boys.
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Source | Illustrated London News, 10th March 1860 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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