Photos of Wigan
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Wigan Album
Maypole Pit Disaster Aug 18th 1908
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Pit Ponies
Photo: RON HUNT
Photo: RON HUNT
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Item #: 27288
Item #: 27288
Pit Ponies brought to the surface after the disaster
Comment by: G .W. on 23rd December 2015 at 20:45
This photo well documents the shock and horror of the event to both Man and Beast. An important piece of photographic history,thanks Ron.
I went down the Big Pit in Wales a few years ago, run by the Welsh Heritage. Our guide told me that if there was an accident that killed a pit pony the owners would hold an inquiry, but not if it killed a miner. The reason I was told it cost the owner money to buy a pit pony.
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