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Holditch Colliery disaster
The Holditch Colliery disaster was a coal mining accident on 2 July 1937, in Chesterton, Staffordshire, England, in which 30 men died and eight were injured. It was caused due to a fire and subsequent explosions, and was exacerbated by a decision from management to risk the lives of mine workers to try to save the coal seam.
==The colliery==
Archaeologists believe that the area itself was mined as long ago as Roman times.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Holditch Colliery )〕
Holditch Colliery, also known as Brymbo Colliery, opened in 1912, and was one of a number of coal mines in Staffordshire.〔 It was located around two miles north west of Newcastle-under-Lyme.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HOLDITCH. Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire. 2nd. July, 1937. )〕 Formerly the main employer in Chesterton, the colliery employed 1,500 men and mined ironstone in addition to coal. With varying amounts of coal coming out of the colliery per year, in 1947 it hit 400,000 tonnes.〔 In many ways an old-fashioned mine, steam power was in some form used up until 1980.〔 It was believed to have been the most gassy colliery in Britain.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Holditch colliery )〕 The colliery consisted of two 2,000 feet deep shafts, sunk in 1912 and 1916, working Great Row and the Four Feet seams.〔
Despite heavy investment in the 1960s and 1970s the colliery closed down in 1990, just three years after the end of the year long miners' strike. Just before its closure it was taking out over 500,000 tonnes of coal a year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Holditch Colliery )〕 Many of the miners transferred to nearby Silverdale Colliery, which itself closed down on Christmas Eve 1998. The current site of Holditch Colliery is now a large business park.
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