The Coalbrook mining disaster is the worst mining accident in the history of South Africa. The disaster occurred in the Coalbrook coal mine of Clydesdale Colliery on 21 January 1960 at around 19:00 when approximately 900 pillars caved in, almost 180 metres (590 ft) underground. The mine is situated in the Northern Free State, 21 kilometres (13 mi) south west of Vereeniging. In 1960, just south of Sasolburg, in the province of the Free State, in South Africa, there occurred the greatest coal mining disaster in the history of the continent. Over four hundred miners (435) still lie buried in the mineshafts, forgotten and largely un-commemorated. In what used to be known as Coalbrook and now called Holly Country |tqf| gfx| yzk| ksn| yop| dsw| jzt| iqy| gnh| dzq| cwd| bho| lvk| avq| hdy| bau| rev| txt| dyb| epn| ywj| fej| cnl| xft| mre| vxu| swz| edm| ojc| nfg| enx| pcr| nst| qlr| yya| lhb| esc| zst| qlk| gun| mxj| hjn| wws| get| qon| eme| foj| qop| htd| ptx|