The Huskar Memorial (1988)
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The Huskar Memorial (1988)
Image: © Dave Pickersgill Taken: 2 Oct 2014
On 4th.July 1838, a violent thunderstorm raged. The rain put out the boiler fire of the Huskar pit and the engine used to bring the workers back to the surface was inoperable. Forty of the children underground decided to make their way out of the pit via an air door. As they made their way up, a stream which had swollen in size due to the rain, became a torrent into the air door and against the door which they had just passed. 26 children drowned.
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Image Location
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53.531199
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-1.554918