In Memoriam, the Swaithe Main Colliery Explosion December 6th 1875

Shown is an 8.5 inch diameter plate, “In Memoriam, the Swaithe Main Colliery Explosion December 6th 1875", which commemorates a coal mine explosion in South Yorkshire, resulting in the deaths of 143 miners. This was the most deadly of several coal mine disasters that occurred that year. For TCC members, this is Pattern #13254 in the TCC Database of Patterns and Sources. Credit: Judie Siddall and David Hoexter