Item title reads - King Coal takes toll. Affecting scenes at pithead in which 51 miners lost lives in gas explosion. Sullivan, Indiana, USA (U.S.A.).

L/S of the pit, the camera pans across the many people waiting there. M/S as four men carry out a body covered up on a stretcher and take it through the crowds. M/S of a man coming out supported by two others, he is injured and shaken, other injured men also come out. M/S of a man on a stretcher, another man leans over and speaks to him. M/S of three men drinking coffee and eating sandwiches.

Note: this item is tinted yellow, there is a black and white version with the same title and footage on *PM0378*.