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Pretoria Pit Disaster, commemorative serviette.

Paper serviette commemorating the deaths of 344 coal miners in the Pretoria Pit Explosion on December 21st 1910; has complete list of the men and boys killed, beneath main inscription is text of The Kings Message.

Paper serviette commemorating the deaths of 344 coal miners in the Pretoria Pit Explosion on December 21st 1910; has complete list of the men and boys killed, beneath main inscription is text of The Kings Message.

This image is from the Museum's Local History collection

Title Pretoria Pit Disaster, commemorative serviette.
Date 1910
Object Type serviette
Subject Local History
Ref. No 1985.49.ind
Copyrights Bolton Council