Memorial to the Pretoria Pit Disaster
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Memorial to the Pretoria Pit Disaster
Image: © Bill Boaden Taken: 8 Sep 2015
The memorial was erected a few days before the 100th anniversary of the disaster which occurred on 21 December 1910. 344 miners died in the disaster following a pit explosion.
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Image Location
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53.548668
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-2.525481