What the records say
- When
- 8 Aug 1956
- Kind
- Mining accident
- Coordinates
- 50.38° N, 4.44° E
- Description
- Bois du Cazier mining site disaster
- Deaths
- 262
Marcinelle mining disaster
1956 mining disaster in Marcinelle, Belgium
The Marcinelle mining disaster occurred at the Bois du Cazier coal mine at Marcinelle, Hainaut Province, in Belgium on 8 August 1956. One of the largest and most notorious mining disasters in the country's history, it led to the deaths of 262 miners, many of whom were guest workers from Italy.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Mining accident of Marcinelle claims 262 lives, including 136 Italian foreign workers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Belgique : la catastrophe du Bois du Cazier à Marcinelle, près de Charleroi, fait 262 victimes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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