Documents include letters calling for recovery of bodies and a falsified safety log that was part of a cover-up
Poignant records relating to a colliery disaster in the 1930s that lay unseen for decades at the National Archives are being put on display close to the site of the mine in north Wales.
Among the documents at the west London archive are petitions and emotional letters calling for the bodies trapped in the underground explosion at the pit in Gresford to be recovered. Despite the heartfelt entreaties, the vast majority remain there.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/22/records-of-deadly-1934-pit-explosion-in-wrexham-to-be-displayed-near-site
Author : Steven Morris
Publish date : 2025-09-22 06:00:00
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