We cannot let the 150th anniversary of one of the worst British mining disasters pass without some comment and remembrance.
The death toll was 204 men and boys, some as young as 10, most of whom suffocated because the beam of the pumping engine broke and fell into the colliery's only shaft completely blocking it.
Within two years legislation required all mines to have at least two means of access, a law which is still in being.
May these and other victims of mining accidents never be forgotten.
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