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Aftermath of a mining accident, Montceau-les-Mines, France, 1895. Pit-head scene showing the reactions of friends and relatives as victims of a fire-damp (mainly Methane)
Coal mining accident, Courrieres Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France, 1906. Anxious friends and relatives wait at the pit-head while bodies of the victims who died when the roof fell in are brought to
Coal miners trapped underground by a roof fall, Courrieres Mines, Pas-de-Calais, France, 1906. The miners survived by eating carrots and oats they found in the pit pony stables
Pity Deputy tests for gas using Davy Safety Lamp before shotfiring
Pit Pony pulling truckPit Pony pulling a truck with pit props
Coal miner at pit head
Coal miner collecting his lamp in the lamp room before going on his shift
Loading coal onto a conveyer
Boy putter dragging a sledge of coal along a narrow seam, South Wales, 1848. From A Treatise on the Winning and Working of Collieries by Matthias Dunn. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1848)
A firedamp explosion, France, 1892. Artist: F MeaulleA firedamp explosion in a French coal mine, France, 1892. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 2nd April 1892
