Pretoria Pit Disaster

Shaft head after the Pretoria Pit disasterOn 21 Dec 1910, 344 men and boys lost their lives in what is known to be the third largest mining disaster in history. The disaster occurred at the No3 shaft Bank Pit, Hulton Colliery, Westhoughton, which was also known as No 3 Pretoria Pit.

This section of the site provides an illustrated account of the disaster and details about further resources that are available at Bolton Archives and elsewhere.