Gresford Disaster

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  The Gresford Disaster

  You've heard of the Gresford Disaster,
  Of the terrible price that was paid;
  Two hundred and forty two colliers were lost,
  And three of the rescue brigade.

  It occurred in the month of September
  At three in the morning the pit
  Was racked by a violent explosion
  In the Dennis where gas lay so thick.

  Now the gas in the Dennis deep section
  Was heaped there like snow in a drift,
  And many a man had to leave the coal-face
  Before he had worked out his shift.

  Now a fortnight before the explosion,
  To the shotfirer Tomlinson cried,
  "If you fire that shot we'll be all blown to hell!"
  And no one can say that he lied.
  

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