Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,711 pages of information and 247,105 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Westhoughton, Lancashire
1910 December 21st. An explosion at the Hulton Colliery Bank Pit No 3, known as the Pretoria Pit, resulted in the deaths of 344 men and boys.
There is a Memorial to the Pretoria Pit Disaster at Westhoughton Cemetery
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