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Title
Woodhorn Disaster Memorial
Date
1923
Medium
bronze & white granite
Accession number
NE63_SD_S006
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
18/12/86
Access
time restrictions apply
Inscription description
a plaque on the west side carrying the inscription: ERECTED BY / THE MINERS AND / DEPUTIES TRADE- / UNION BRANCHES IN THE ASHINGTON GROUP / OF COLLIERIES (ASSISTED / BY DONATIONS FROM THE / ASHINGTON AND CO. LTD., THE NORTHUMBERLAND / MINERS ASSOCIATION, THE NORTHUMBERLAND / DEPUTIES ASSOCIATIONS AND FRIENDS) / IN MEMORY OF THEIR FELLOW WORKMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WOODHORN COLLIERY EXPLOSION ON SUNDAY, AUG. 13 1916; followed by the names of three stonemen, two putters and eight deputies