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266 lives lot in Britains worst ever mining disaster. The subsequent public enquiry uncovered shocking neglect of health and safety and lead to the nationalisation of the UK mining industry.
Only a few bodies were recovered and the vast majority were entombed underground. Local legend has it that the fire still rages to this day.
When the grieving widows received their dead husbands final pay they found that the bastard pit owners had docked their pay to the second that the explosion occurred.
Families waiting for news.
Gresford disaster - Wikipedia
On Saturday 22 September 1934 at 2:08 a.m. a violent explosion ripped through the Dennis section of the Gresford colliery coalfield. The explosion, which happened more than 1.3 miles (2.1 km) away from the bottom of the Dennis main shaft, started fires and blocked the main access road to all the other districts in the section. At the time up to 500 men were working underground on the night shift with more than half in the affected areas. The rest were in the Martin section about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the explosion; many there were unaware for some time afterwards that a disaster had occurred.
266 lives lot in Britains worst ever mining disaster. The subsequent public enquiry uncovered shocking neglect of health and safety and lead to the nationalisation of the UK mining industry.
Only a few bodies were recovered and the vast majority were entombed underground. Local legend has it that the fire still rages to this day.
When the grieving widows received their dead husbands final pay they found that the bastard pit owners had docked their pay to the second that the explosion occurred.
Families waiting for news.
Gresford disaster - Wikipedia
On Saturday 22 September 1934 at 2:08 a.m. a violent explosion ripped through the Dennis section of the Gresford colliery coalfield. The explosion, which happened more than 1.3 miles (2.1 km) away from the bottom of the Dennis main shaft, started fires and blocked the main access road to all the other districts in the section. At the time up to 500 men were working underground on the night shift with more than half in the affected areas. The rest were in the Martin section about 2 miles (3.2 km) from the explosion; many there were unaware for some time afterwards that a disaster had occurred.
