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Picture No 10438813
Date October 1910
Description Chalked message at Wellington Pit
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The Wellington Pit explosion and fire at Whitehaven on 11th May 1910 was one of Britain's worst mining disasters in which 136 men and boys lost their lives. After a rescue operation when it was felt that no-one could have survived, the mine was sealed off to starve the fire of oxygen. Several months later it was re-opened and chalked messages were found indicating that for a time there were some still alive. This message was found written on an old wooden sleeper: 'all's well in this airway at ? o'clock, 35 men and boys. J Moore.'
Source Photograph in the Illustrated London News, 8th October 1910
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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