Picture No | 12699002 |
Date | 1912 |
Description | Cadeby Colliery disaster, 1912 |
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Waiting for the cage with its dread freight - men at the surface of the Cadeby pit ready to receive the rescued and the dead. 91 men were killed in total, 38 were workers and the remaining victims were in the rescue party which was devastated by a further explosion.
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Source | Unattributed photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 13 July 1912, page 62 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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