Date:14th of March 1908
Description:As part of the attempts to rescue the trapped miners underground, a vetilation trench was dug. This picture is taken from the Weekly Mercury and reproduced here for the first time since then.
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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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Donor ref:LSH/ Weekly Mercury 14th March 1908 (21/3894)
Source: Local Studies And History
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