Picture No | 10102666 |
Date | January 1862 |
Description | New Hartley Mine Disaster 1862 |
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The colliery near Durham, England where 204 miners were killed, trapped below ground when a pumping engine beam broke and fell into the pit.
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Source | Engravingin 'The Illustrated London News', 1 February 1862, page 110 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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