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HISTORY OF COAL MINING - In 1910 over ten million tons of coal were mined in the United Kingdom. The price? The death of 344 men and boys at the Pretoria Pit near Bolton, England.
Own the hit movie that everyone's raving about. Packed with amazing interviews, compelling stories and true accounts, HISTORICAL DISASTERS is a heart felt true story of a tragic event, that crippled a coal mining community. The movie also features local experts, Dr David Holding and Erwin Bottomley, families of those involved, computer graphic reconstructions and actual pictures of the terrible aftermath. Shot on location in The National Coal Mining Museum, the movie is the first documentary to investigate the second biggest coal mining disaster in the history of British coal mining and tries to uncover the truth.
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PRETORIA PIT: THE FACTS
Name: Hulton Colliery Bank Pits No.3 & 4. Also known as Pretoria Pit. Hulton Colliery Pits No.1 & 2 (Klondike Pit) were about 3/4 mile to the NE at Chequerbent, and not connected underground to Pretoria.
Proprietors: Hulton Colliery Company. The General Manager of the Hulton Collieries was Alfred Joseph Tonge.
Location: Pretoria Pit was in the centre of the South Lancashire coalfield, in the Over Hulton area of Westhoughton just north of the boundary with Atherton. The colliery was located on the south edge of Hulton Park on the lands of Sir William Hulton, as seen on the 1909 OS map. The following link takes you to a modern map of the area SD679043.
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| Map showing the Hulton Colliery Co. pits around Hulton Park. Westhoughton town centre is off the map to the west of Chequerbent. Taken from the OS 1909 6in. to 1 mile Edition sheets Lancashire XCIV SE & NE. The map is 1.5 miles (2.42km) across. The working coal faces at the time of the disaster are shown as thick black lines. Marked in red are: 1. Pretoria Pit No.3 shaft. 2. Epicentre of the explosion at the North Plodder No.2 coal face (red circle). 3. Yard Mine East Jig District. 4. Downbrow District, NW end of the Yard Mine coal face. 5. Downbrow District, SE end of the Yard Mine coal face (furthest point from the explosion origin). 6. South Plodder District. 7. Three Quarters Mine District. 8. Top Yard District. 9. North Plodder No.1 coal face |
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| This article is from Lancashire OnLine Parish Clerks |
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