What is recorded here

This red commemorative plaque records: Heaton Mining Disaster 1815. 100 metres below us, 75 men and boys were trapped when Heaton Main Colliery flooded on 3 May 1815. None survived. Recorded plaque organisation: Heaton History Group, Heritage Lottery Fund.

The Heaton Mining Disaster of 1815 resulted in the deaths of 75 miners when Heaton Main Colliery flooded, highlighting the dangerous conditions and high mortality rates prevalent in early 19th-century coal mining.

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