An extract from the July 2010 Journal
This Issue's Cover Photograph
Mine Disaster Memorial, Pelsall
This issue's cover photograph is of an obelisk which stands in the churchyard of Saint Michael and All Angels, Pelsall, and commemorates the Pelsall Hall colliery disaster of 1872. On Thursday 14th November 1872, 22 miners at Mouse Hill Pit, Pelsall died when the pit flooded
At about 9.00am that morning, there were sudden cries of "Pull up" from the pit shaft. When the cage bonnet appeared, three men were found to be clinging to it for dear life, and a rescuing party descending into the shaft found men 'swimming indiscriminately around the climbing up any support available, keeping themselves above the water level'. Many were rescued, but bad weather impeded the efforts and for some it was too late
The stone reads...........
Well, you'll just have to get your hands on a copy of the July 2010 Journal to find out
Journal (July 2010)
