Memorial Garden, Westhoughton
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Memorial Garden, Westhoughton
Image: © philandju Taken: 30 May 2013
The garden contains this memorial to the victims of the Pretoria Pit disaster. At 7.50am on 21 December 1910 there was a catastrophic explosion in the coal mine and 344 men and boys lost their lives.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.548487
Longitude
-2.52563