In Memory of Sister Laurienne Cusack
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In Memory of Sister Laurienne Cusack
Image: © Mary and Angus Hogg Taken: 17 Jan 2019
The sandstone cross in the field between the two roads marks the spot where the Reverend Sister Laurienne Cusack was killed on 7th August 1888 by a train on the former mineral line. Apparently an ear infection had affected her hearing to the extent that she was unaware of the coal train on the line. At the height of the mining industry, the village of Commondyke stood here, comprising a number of miners’ rows, a co-operative store and its own railway station. There’s nothing left now to show how busy this area once was.
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Image Location
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