Sujet
Scene of the Colliery Disaster at Barnsley, 1883. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Scene of the Colliery Disaster at Barnsley, 1883. 'The disastrous explosion on Thursday, the 18th October, at the Wharncliffe Carlton colliery, caused the loss of twenty lives, only five being saved of those who were at work in the pit at midnight, when the explosion happened. This colliery...[is] the property of Messrs. Craik. The shaft is about 130 yards deep, and the colliery was furnished with the most complete and efficient apparatus, and was under vigilant supervision. The seam of coal, however, with a thick bed of fine clay beneath it, and with "bind'' strata and hard rock overlaying it, was charged with a large quantity of inflammable gas, probably in a state of compression. It is probable that this was suddenly released by the fall of a mass of the "bind'' and rock in the plane along which the engines drew coal from the workings. Blasting with gunpowder was used in driving the workings through the stone. The coal in the mine has now continued burning a fortnight, and can only be extinguished by flooding it with water...An inquest on the bodies recovered has been opened...The Home Office has also ordered a special inquiry. Fourteen widows and thirty-two orphans deplore their bereavement by this disaster'. From "Illustrated London News",
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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
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HRM25A50_309
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5,9Mo (844,6Ko) / 14,9cm x 9,9cm / 1760 x 1166 (300dpi)