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Remembering Whitehaven, May 1910

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In May 2026, we remember a sad connection between Yorkshire and Cumbria: the Wellington Pit Disaster, at Whitehaven which claimed 136 lives.

Artist Charles de Lacy's depiction of the Wellington Pit Disaster at Whitehaven in May 1910, showing the harbour, clifftop and colliery buildings and chimneys, with smoke billowing.
Detail of artist Charles de Lacy’s (1856-1929) illustration of the Wellington Pit at Whitehaven Colliery, scene of the disaster from the Illustrated London News of 21st May 1910, p.798
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