| AGAIN "KING COAL" TAKES TOLL An explosion in a coal mine in Cumbria claims 28 lives. Corpses are carried from the pit. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5491 |
| Catalog #: | 243602 | |
| Clip Number: | 243602-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 31/11 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:56 - 01:24:51 | |
| Location: | Whitehaven, Cumbria. | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Explosions LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | "Whitehaven. Again 'King Coal' takes Toll. 28 miners lose their lives in terrible explosion two miles under sea from the shaft of the Haig Pit." Whitehaven, Cumbria. Shots of miners gathered outside colliery building. Members of the Salvation Army and St. John's Ambulance are also there. A body is carried along on a stretcher by miners. Two policemen salute as the corpse passes. Another body is carried into a building. (The voiceover explains that the disaster in coal mine took place in a seam cut out under the sea. As well as an explosion there was a problem with gas.) | |
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