Mary Evans Creswell colliery, where eighty men perished in a fire 10215846

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Picture No	10215846
Date	1950
Description	Creswell colliery, where eighty men perished in a fire
Details	Creswell colliery where eighty miners perished in a fire at the junction of two conveyer belts. An aerial view showing ambulances approaching the pithead and anxious families gathered at the offices. 19 miners escaped after the fire broke out, but 80 men were trapped and subsequently lost their lives. Six rescue team tried to control the blaze, and at one point got within 100 meters of the trapped men, but unfortunately they could not reach them.
Source	The Illustrated London News. 7th October 1950
Credit	© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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