Image: StateLibQld 2 252425 Memorial photograph from the Eclipse Colliery Disaster, Ipswich, 1893

Description: Memorial photograph from the Eclipse Colliery Disaster, Ipswich, 1893 In the Ipswich floods of 1893, water entered the Eclipse Colliery at Tivoli and seven miners were drowned, including Thomas and George Wright, sons of the owner. After the floods subsided, volunteers had to search the mine to recover the bodies as there was no trained rescue service. This memorial photograph shows a group portrait of the rescuers and another collage of portraits of the miners who died. There is a memorial plaque included, which gives the name of the miners and the date they died.
Title: StateLibQld 2 252425 Memorial photograph from the Eclipse Colliery Disaster, Ipswich, 1893
Credit: Item is held by John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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