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Lofthouse Colliery rescue workers
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Lofthouse Colliery rescue workers
Grim faced mines rescue men on their to go down the pit at the Lofthouse Colliery, West Yorkshire. On the 21st March, miners were working at a coal face unaware that nearby were some flooded 19th century mineworkings. Most miners escaped the subsequent rush of water but seven were missing. Hopes that they may have survived in an air pocket proved forlorn. Rescuers reached the scene six days later. Though there was a small air pocket, there were no survivors, and only one body was found. Date: March 1973
Media ID 32221800
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1973 Coal Colliery Miners Mines Rescue Rescuers
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