Again "King Coal" Takes Toll 1931

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Full title reads: "Whitehaven. Again 'King Coal' takes Toll. 28 miners lose their lives in terrible explosion two miles under sea from the shaft of the Haig Pit."

Whitehaven, Cumbria.

Shots of miners gathered outside colliery building. Members of the Salvation Army and St. John's Ambulance...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
6216
Sort Number:
31/011
Time in/Out:
01:23:00:00 / 01:23:54:00
Canister:
31/11
Film ID:
709.16
Issue Date:
15/02/1931

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