104 DEAD IN ENGLISH MINE DISASTER.—One hundred and four miners lost their lives when an explosion occurred in the William pit of the Whitehaven colliery, Cumberland, recently. This general view of the mine-top was taken soon after the explosion. The mine is Britain’s oldest under-sea colliery, some of the shafts having been driven 120 years ago.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25272, 26 August 1947, Page 7
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56104 DEAD IN ENGLISH MINE DISASTER.—One hundred and four miners lost their lives when an explosion occurred in the William pit of the Whitehaven colliery, Cumberland, recently. This general view of the mine-top was taken soon after the explosion. The mine is Britain’s oldest under-sea colliery, some of the shafts having been driven 120 years ago. Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25272, 26 August 1947, Page 7
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