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Pit Disaster at Whitehaven, children queueing for food (1931)
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HAIG COLLIERY EXPLOSION – WHITEHAVEN – 1931
- HAIG PIT. Whitehaven, Cumberland. 5th. February, 1931.
The No.3 North District where the disaster occurred was part of the Main Band Seam and was two and a half miles underground …
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Haig Colliery Disater 1931 - names of those killed
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Report on the Haig Colliery Disaster - 1931 c/o DMM
- Report
on the
Causes of and Circumstances
attending the Explosion which occurred at
Haig Pit, Whitehaven Colliery, Cumberland,
on the 29th January, 1931
BY
Sir Henry Walker, C.B.E., LL.D.
H.M. …
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Pit Disaster at Whitehaven, children queueing for food (1931)
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
![](/uploads/thumbs2/northern_mine_research_society.png)
from https://www.nmrs.org.uk/mines…
HAIG COLLIERY EXPLOSION – WHITEHAVEN – 1931
- HAIG PIT. Whitehaven, Cumberland. 5th. February, 1931.
The No.3 North District where the disaster occurred was part of the Main Band Seam and was two and a half miles underground …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
![](/uploads/thumbs2/durham_mining_museum.png)
from http://www.dmm.org.uk/names/n…
Haig Colliery Disater 1931 - names of those killed
Added by
Simon Cotterill
![](/uploads/thumbs2/durham_mining_museum.png)
from http://www.dmm.org.uk/reports…
Report on the Haig Colliery Disaster - 1931 c/o DMM
- Report
on the
Causes of and Circumstances
attending the Explosion which occurred at
Haig Pit, Whitehaven Colliery, Cumberland,
on the 29th January, 1931
BY
Sir Henry Walker, C.B.E., LL.D.
H.M. …
Added by
Simon Cotterill