Lofthouse pit disaster memorial # 1. Traditional Cache
Lofthouse pit disaster memorial # 1.
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A simple drive-by, to commemorate the sad loss of life in the Lofthouse pit disaster.
On March 21 1973, miners at Lofthouse, West Yorkshire Colliery, were working at a coal face, which unbeknown to them, was close to some 19th century mine workings, which had become flooded. There was a sudden rush of water into the mine, most miners in the area fled to safety but it was discovered than seven men were missing. It was considered theoretically possible that they had made it to an air pocket. Rescue Attempts. For six days, strenuous and increasingly desperate efforts were made to reach them. At one point, the then Prime Minister Edward Heath, visited the rescue operation. Eventually rescuers made it to the site of the accident, there was a small air pocket but nobody in it. Only one of the bodies, that of Charles Cotton, was recovered. Names of the dead. Frederick William Armitage, 41, Face Worker Colin Barnaby, 36, Face Worker Frank Billingham, 48, Face Worker Sydney Brown, 36, Face Worker Charles Cotton, 49, Face Worker Edward Finnegan, 40, Deputy Alan Haigh, 30, Face Worker
Bison cache,bring your own pencil.
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