April 12, 2024
1910 - Mining Disaster - Atherton
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MINING DISASTER. An early 20th century miners commemorative tissue, reading `In Loving Memory of the 344 Men and Boys who lost their lives in the Pretoria Pit explosion, Atherton, on December 21st, 1910`. Decorative colour border surrounding the text which comprises of a list of the dead, a commemorative verse, and woodcut of the colliery360mm x 360mm. Palatine Printing Co., Wigan. 1910. During the Christmas week of 1910, the task of most families in the Westhoughton and Atherton area was to prepare for the upcoming holidays. However, the local coal mining families were completely unaware that in a brief instant their lives were about to be tragically, and irrevocably changed. The Pretoria Pit Disaster is the worst coal mining accident to have occurred in Lancashire, and the third worst mining disaster in British history. The explosion occurred at 7.50 am on Wednesday, 21 December 1910. 344 men and boys died.
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