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Coal mining accident, Seaham Colliery, County Durham, 1880 (c1895). Artist: Anon
Coal mining accident, Seaham Colliery, County Durham, 1880 (c1895). Men being lowered down the pit shaft in a coal tub to begin rescue operations after the disaster of September 1880. The men are carrying Davy safety lamps and are watched by anxious relatives of the men trapped or dead underground. The disaster, caused by a gas explosion, claimed the lives of 164 men and boys, as well as some 150 ponies. From Der Stein der Weisen. (Leipzig, c1895).
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HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
Anon
anonymous
anxious
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
Coal
Coal Industry
COAL MINE
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colliery
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DANGEROUS
Davy lamp
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Durham
England
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INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT
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LOCATION
lowering
Male
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mine shaft
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NINETEENTH CENTURY
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Oxford Science Archive
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