Cresswell Colliery pit disaster

Record ID: 572417

  • Title: Cresswell Colliery pit disaster
  • Date: 2nd October 1950
  • Summary: ENGLAND: Derbyshire: Bolsover: Cresswell: Cresswell Colliery: EXT COAL 80 die in Creswell Pit Disaster thro' asphyxiation relatives read notice of pit closing..sandbags filled rescuers load them onto trucks. CRESWELL Pit Diaster rescue worker go down to help those trapped Sandbags filled and loaded onto trucks...80 die MINERS AND MINING 80 miners die in Creswell pit disaster..relatives read notice saying pit is sealed...Sandbags filled and loaded loaded onto trucks North Derbyshire, mine, coalminers, collapse, casualties, news, news reel, Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border, mining, mining community, labour
  • Embargoed: 17th October 1950 13:00
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  • Location: Unknown location
  • Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA8PWHM9WT1YRTYDOB3QP7YC0O6
  • Story Text: Pit disaster at Cresswell Colliery leaves eighty coal miners dead
  • Copyright Holder: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
  • Copyright Notice: (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2011. Open For Restrictions - http://about.reuters.com/fulllegal.asp
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