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    23-03-1973 - A rescue crew waiting to make another attempt to free 7 miners trapped in the flooded Lofthouse colliery, West Yorkshire © Martin Mayer
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    23-03-1973 - A rescue crew waiting to make another attempt to free 7 miners trapped in the flooded Lofthouse colliery, West Yorkshire © Martin Mayer
    21-03-1973 - Exhausted members of a rescue team at Lofthouse colliery, West Yorkshire, giving details of pregress in rescuing their fellow miners during the pit disaster that claimed 7 lives 1973 © Martin Mayer
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    21-03-1973 - Exhausted members of a rescue team at Lofthouse colliery, West Yorkshire, giving details of pregress in rescuing their fellow miners during the pit disaster that claimed 7 lives 1973 © Martin Mayer
    21-03-1973 - Lofthouse colliery disaster, Arthur Scargill speaking to the press, West Yorkshire in which 7 miners died, 1973 © Martin Mayer
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    21-03-1973 - Lofthouse colliery disaster, Arthur Scargill speaking to the press, West Yorkshire in which 7 miners died, 1973 © Martin Mayer
    21-03-1973 - Lofthouse pit disaster. Derek Ezra National Coal Board chairman, press conference, 1973 © Martin Mayer
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    21-03-1973 - Lofthouse pit disaster. Derek Ezra National Coal Board chairman, press conference, 1973 © Martin Mayer
    22-03-1973 - Digging a relief shaft during the Lofthouse colliery disaster in which 7 men died © Martin Mayer
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    22-03-1973 - Digging a relief shaft during the Lofthouse colliery disaster in which 7 men died © Martin Mayer
    22-03-1973 - Miners at Lofthouse colliery installing a conveyor belt to help remove material from a relief shaft being bored to try to rescue trapped men during the pit disaster in which 7 died © Martin Mayer
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    22-03-1973 - Miners at Lofthouse colliery installing a conveyor belt to help remove material from a relief shaft being bored to try to rescue trapped men during the pit disaster in which 7 died © Martin Mayer
    23-03-1973 - Miners at Lofthouse colliery, West Yorkshire, wait anxiously for word of those trapped underground during the disaster that claimed 7 lives. © Martin Mayer
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    23-03-1973 - Miners at Lofthouse colliery, West Yorkshire, wait anxiously for word of those trapped underground during the disaster that claimed 7 lives. © Martin Mayer
    23-03-1973 - Underwater mines rescue crew in wetsuits set out on another attempt to free 7 miners trapped in the flooded Lofthouse colliery, West Yorkshire © Martin Mayer
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    23-03-1973 - Underwater mines rescue crew in wetsuits set out on another attempt to free 7 miners trapped in the flooded Lofthouse colliery, West Yorkshire © Martin Mayer
    23-03-1973 - Exhausted miners rescue crew waiting to return down the pit to attempt a further rescue of trapped miners in the flooded Lofthouse colliery next to a poster advertising a union mass meeting about wage... © Martin Mayer
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    23-03-1973 - Exhausted miners rescue crew waiting to return down the pit to attempt a further rescue of trapped miners in the flooded Lofthouse colliery next to a poster advertising a union mass meeting about wage... © Martin Mayer
    23-03-1973 - Miners at Lofthouse colliery, West Yorkshire wait for word of their colleagues trapped underground. © Martin Mayer
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    23-03-1973 - Miners at Lofthouse colliery, West Yorkshire wait for word of their colleagues trapped underground. © Martin Mayer
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