Memorial to the 26 children who died in the Huskar Pit Disaster
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Memorial to the 26 children who died in the Huskar Pit Disaster
Image: © Wendy North Taken: 20 Jul 2008
Twenty six children lost their lives on 4th July 1838 when a freak storm caused the surrounding streams to overflow and surge into the pit where the children were working. As a consequence of this disaster Queen Victoria set a royal commission in progress to enquire into the women and children working in mines. The memorial can be viewed from the access path into Nabbs Wood.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.531288
Longitude
-1.554615