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Funeral Scenes After Pit Disaster - Wingate (wing0088)

The Colliery
Pit Disaster

Photograph showing the exterior of the west end of a church surrounded by a large crowd of people holding umbrellas, all with their backs to the camera looking towards the church and the three clergymen in surplices and birettas, who are standing on what must be a platform behind a hearse; the photograph bears a caption as follows: Funeral Scenes. Wingate Disaster

Funeral Scenes After Pit Disaster - Wingate

Photograph showing the exterior of the west end of a church surrounded by a large crowd of people holding umbrellas, all with their backs to the camera looking towards the church and the three clergymen in surplices and birettas, who are standing on what must be a platform behind a hearse; the photograph bears a caption as follows: Funeral Scenes. Wingate Disaster

Date: 1906


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