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Seaham Colliery Explosion 1880
Seaham Colliery Explosion 1880
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View of Seaham Harbour at the time of the 1880 Seaham Colliery Disaster
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The memorial to the Seaham Colliery Disaster in Christchurch graveyard
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Families waiting for news at the pithead
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Enquiries are made house to house to ascertain the men missing
223
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Rescuers descend in the Kibble
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Rescue teams waiting to go down
214
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Thomas Stratton - Manager at Seaham Colliery
257
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Michael Smiths water bottle with message to family scribed upon it
209
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Headstone of Richard Cole who perished in the 1880 explosion
209
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The internment of the bodies at Christchurch (The Graphic Sept 1880)
211
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Crowds gathering around the pithead
195
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The board written on by Richard Cole
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Richard Cole - entombed with his marras - who left a message written in chalk on a board
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