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Tudhoe Colliery disaster

From a poor copy of an original photograph, which appears to show bodies being carried from the pit head. The date of 1879 shown on the picture may be incorrect; a major accident in which 35 men died in the Brockwell seam as a result of an explosion took place at Tudhoe on 18 April 1882.

Date:

1879

Period:

1876 - 1900

Place:

Tudhoe

Item Type:

photograph

Artist:

unknown

Reference:

DR10193

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