Date:1908
Description:The deaths of 29 miners in the disaster shocked the local community. Funds were raised in a variety of ways for families of the victims. Several commemorative postcards were issued such as this one which shows the crowds waiting for news and an inset picture of local man John Welsby who died trying to save lives. The nearby Welsby Avenue was named after John.
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In 1875 the Hamstead Colliery Company purchased the Hamstead estate to look for coal; the colliery, ...
It was the evening of the fourth of March, 1908. On Monday 2nd March the winding engine for the downcast ...
The deaths of 29 miners in the disaster shocked the local community. Funds were raised in a variety ...
All rescue attempts had been frustrated by lack of oxygen. It took three days to dig a shaft and improve ...
The inquest on March 28th, reported in the Handsworth Herald, listed 24 men: Abner Williamson (44), ...
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