Astley Deep Pit Disaster

Когда

14 апр. 1874 г.

Вид

Авария на шахте

Координаты

53.47° N, 2.09° W

Description

mining accident in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England

Deaths

54

1874 mining accident in Cheshire, England

The Astley Deep Pit disaster was a mining accident at the Astley Deep Pit, in Dukinfield, Greater Manchester, England, that took place on 14 April 1874, killing 54 men and boys. Astley Deep Pit was a coal mine started around 1845 to work the seam of coal known as the "Lancashire Black Mine". When finished, it was supposedly the deepest coal mine in Britain and cost £100,000 to sink.

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