Pretoria Pit Disaster

Quand

21 déc. 1910

Type

Accident minier

Coordonnées

53.54° N, 2.49° W

Description

1910 mining accident in Over Hulton, North West England

Deaths

344

1910 mining accident in Over Hulton, North West England

The Pretoria Pit disaster was a mining accident on 21 December 1910, when an underground explosion occurred at the Hulton Colliery Bank Pit No. 3, known as the Pretoria Pit, in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, then in the historic county of Lancashire, in North West England. A total of 344 men and boys lost their lives.

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