West Stanley Pit Disaster
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The West Stanley Pit Disaster, also known as the Burns Pit Disaster, was a coal mining
disaster that took place in Stanley
, Co. Durham, England
, on 16 February 1909. More than 160 miners died in the explosion.
Ex-manager of Newcastle United F.C.
Kevin Keegan
's grandfather was in the Stanley pit disaster and was one of the few who got out alive. A pit-wheel memorial was erected at Chester Road in Stanley.
A memorial service was held in 2009 to mark the centenary of the disaster.
Coal mining
The goal of coal mining is to obtain coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from iron ore and for cement production. In the United States,...
disaster that took place in Stanley
Stanley, County Durham
Stanley is a former colliery town and civil parish in County Durham, England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, the town lies south west of Gateshead....
, Co. Durham, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, on 16 February 1909. More than 160 miners died in the explosion.
Ex-manager of Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....
's grandfather was in the Stanley pit disaster and was one of the few who got out alive. A pit-wheel memorial was erected at Chester Road in Stanley.
A memorial service was held in 2009 to mark the centenary of the disaster.