Satellite map of Courrières mine disaster
The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099 miners (including many children) in Northern France on 10 March 1906. This disaster was surpassed only by the Benxihu Colliery accident in China on April 26, 1942, which killed 1,549 miners.
Latitude: 50° 24' 57.60" N
Longitude: 2° 53' 52.80" E
Nearest city to this article: Billy-Montigny
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