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Killingworth Colliery after mine Explosion, 7 December 1910
Photo Ref: 25864
Creator: McGeachie, Mr James
The West Wallsend-Killingworth Colliery is remembered for one of the most violent mine explosions in the North. Although much damage was done and the surface workings almost totally destroyed, no people were injured in this incident, as the mine workings had been shut down for two months. "A strange, loud rumbling, like the muffled roar of a hundred cannons, was heard, and men living in the vicinity of the colliery,... witnessed a sight which they are not likely to forget. From the mouth of the shaft a compact pillar of what appeared to be dense black smoke shot straight ahead into the clear morning sky to a height of over 1000 ft." Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 8 Dec 1910 Page 9
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Photo Ref: 25864
Creator: McGeachie, Mr James
The West Wallsend-Killingworth Colliery is remembered for one of the most violent mine explosions in the North. Although much damage was done and the surface workings almost totally destroyed, no people were injured in this incident, as the mine workings had been shut down for two months. "A strange, loud rumbling, like the muffled roar of a hundred cannons, was heard, and men living in the vicinity of the colliery,... witnessed a sight which they are not likely to forget. From the mouth of the shaft a compact pillar of what appeared to be dense black smoke shot straight ahead into the clear morning sky to a height of over 1000 ft." Sydney Morning Herald, Thu 8 Dec 1910 Page 9
This work by Lake Macquarie City Library is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License