Picture No | 10215848 |
Date | March 1906 |
Description | Courrieres Mine disaster 1906 |
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Colliery disaster at Courrieres mines in the Pas de Calais. An explosion in one of the three pits resulted in a unprecedented death toll of 1150 men. The image shows the mines on an average working day, before the disaster took place.
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Source | The Sphere. 17th March 1906 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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