What is recorded here
Huskar Pit Disaster Memorial is shown as a memorial on the public map of Barnsley. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
The Huskar Pit Disaster Memorial commemorates the 1838 mining disaster at Huskar Colliery in South Yorkshire, where 26 miners, including 16 children, died in one of the worst mining accidents in British history. The memorial stands as a reminder of the dangerous working conditions in 19th-century coal mines and the subsequent push for improved safety regulations.
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