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Title
Houghton Main Cage Disaster
Date
1886
Medium
granite
Accession number
S73_SP_S256
Work type
Monument
Custodian
All Saints Church, Darfield
Work status
extant
Access
time restrictions apply
Inscription description
THIS / MONUMENT / WAS ERECTED / IN AFFECTIONATE / REMEMBRANCE / BY THE WORKMEN / AND FRIENDS OF / THE TEN MEN / WHO LOST THEIR / LIVES AT THE / HOUGHTON MAIN / COLLIERY ON / DECEMBER 30TH 1886 / (names)