The #EasingtonDisaster occurred #OnThisDay seventy years ago, when an underground explosion at Easington Colliery in County Durham killed a total of 83 men – the worst British mining disaster at a colliery in the second half of the 20th century. pic.twitter.com/vj7dY7PY93

— Ben Curtis (@DrBCCurtis) May 29, 2021

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