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| Picture No | 10933740 |
| Date | 1844 |
| Description | Haswell Colliery 1844 |
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Haswell Colliery, County Durham, England. On Saturday 28 September 1844 an explosion underground killed 95 men and boys. The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Peel, sent eminent scientist Michael Faraday to investigate the causes.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News 5 October 1844 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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