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Heaton Mining Disaster red plaque

Newcastle upon Tyne, County Durham, England, United Kingdom

Heaton Mining Disaster red plaque

Heaton Mining Disaster 1815. 100 metres below us, 75 men and boys were trapped when Heaton Main Colliery flooded on 3 May 1815. None survived.

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