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Subject: Re: Great Western Colliery Disaster 1893
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 18:40:37 +0000

Fascinating account, however, I would just like to verify that the death
toll was 60 as you state. According to the book "Great Pit Disasters"
by Helen & Baron Duckham (ISBN0 7153 5717 4), there were 63 deaths and
61 of these "died from suffocation".

Interested to hear you response

Regards

Phil Clifford

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