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The Pretoria Pit Disaster - A Centenary Account (Paperback, UK ed.)
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The Pretoria Pit Disaster - A Centenary Account (Paperback, UK ed.)
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On the morning of Wednesday 21 December 1910, 889 men and boys
travelled the two 434- yard-deep shafts at Hulton Colliery, also
known as Pretoria Pit, situated in Over Hulton, north of Atherton,
Lancashire. Sunk in 1900, the colliery was plagued with emissions
of gas, particularly after roof falls. By 7.50 a.m., the day shift
was below ground, motivated to put extra effort into their work in
the lead-up to Christmas. An explosion of methane gas occurred
followed by a more powerful coal-dust blast. In the main section of
the mine affected, 342 men and boys died, one in the deeper
workings. Three survived from the main explosion district, one of
whom died in hospital. A rescue man also died in the attempted
recovery operation, making the death toll 344. Another 545 miners
in the rest of the mine survived, although badly gassed. The Home
Office Inquiry concluded that the explosion resulted from a gas
ignition after a roof fall damaging a miner's oil safety lamp. The
disaster was the third largest in British coal-mining history and
might have been the second largest in Europe. As 2010 is the
centenary various events are planned and a new monument is to be
erected close to the church at Westhoughton, which lost 145 men and
boys. This study brings together more images than any previous
work, many not previously published. Transcribed sound recordings
from those alive at the time, including a survivor, and press
accounts add to the variety of source material.
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