What is recorded here
The Pretoria Pit Disaster Memorial commemorates the 1910 mining disaster at the Pretoria Pit in Wigan, where 339 miners and children lost their lives in one of the worst coal mining accidents in British history. It stands as a significant reminder of industrial safety issues and the human cost of 19th-century mining practices.
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Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0