Staffordshire, Newcastle-Under-Lyne, scene of Colliery explosion, 1866.

"The Talk-O'-The-Hill Colliery, near Newcastle-Under-Lyne, north Staffordshire, the scene of a late fatal explosion" wood engraving published in The Illustrated London News, Dec 1866. Unrelated text on the reverse. Closed tear into upper right of image. Size 24 x 17 cms including title, plus margins. Ref G1628