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Tawd Vale Colliery Disaster, Skelmersdale
Tawd Vale Colliery Disaster, Skelmersdale
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232476
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Tawd Vale Colliery Disaster, Skelmersdale
Tawd Vale Colliery Disaster, Skelmersdale
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Skelmersdale
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Scene of the disaster after the Tawd river overflowed and water reached the underground fire. The disaster happened at 4.30pm on November 30th 1897, leaving 2 dead and 1000 men out of work. The colliery re-opened as Glenburn Colliery in 1905.
Scene of the disaster after the Tawd river overflowed and water reached the underground fire. The disaster happened at 4.30pm on November 30th 1897, leaving 2 dead and 1000 men out of work. The colliery re-opened as Glenburn Colliery in 1905.
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1897
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INDUSTRY
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Mining
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Skelmersdale
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River & Canal
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