What is recorded here
Site Of Huskar 1838 Day Hole is shown as a archaeological place on the public map of Barnsley. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
The Site of Huskar 1838 Day Hole is associated with a significant mining disaster in which 27 children and one adult were killed when a flooded mine shaft was mistakenly opened. It is an important reminder of the dangers faced by child miners in 19th-century Britain and the eventual push for mining safety reforms.
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