| Sixty-six men were trapped, although twenty-one of them were rescued on that day through a disused shaft and five more found alive on 4th October after nine days entombment. The photograph shows an ambulance and people waiting for news, at the colliery office. |
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| It was eventually pumped out at the rate of 40,000 gallons per hour. The official enquiry found that water from a disused quarry near Cockmalane Church at California had found its way into the old workings and had burst into Redding Pit from a sump or drain which had not been marked on the old pit's plans. |
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REDDING ROWThese houses were typical miner's cottages built in the nineteenth century. Water butts, with rones arranged to collect rainwater from the roofs, can be seen by the front doors. |
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