Collection

Four of the seven coal miners rescued from Hickleton Main Colliery, Doncaster

PART OF:
The photographic library of the 'Daily Herald' newspaper
Made:
1960-10-12 in United Kingdom and Doncaster
photographer:
Unknown
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Four of the seven coal miners rescued from Hickleton Main
Science Museum Group
© Mirrorpix/SMG Images

Four of the seven coal miners rescued from Hickleton Main

Four of the seven coal miners rescued from Hickleton Main
Science Museum Group
© Mirrorpix/SMG Images

A photograph of four miners rescued from Hickleton Main Colliery, Doncaster, taken in October 1960 by an unknown photographer for the Daily Herald.

The men were from a group of seven miners who had been trapped for eighteen hours half a mile below ground by a rock fall. Fifty rescuers had been called in to save the men.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Collection:
Daily Herald Archive
Object Number:
1983-5236/12818
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall:
type:
photographic print
copyright:
National Science and Media Museum

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