Memorials
There is a memorial to the victims in Westhoughton cemetery. A memorial service is held there each year and a selection of artifacts from the disaster is displayed in Westhoughton Central Library. A statue opposite Westhoughton church by Jane Robbins was unveiled on 19 December 2010 almost 100 years after the disaster.
On 19 December 2008, an account of the Pretoria Pit disaster was discovered, written anonymously by a man who accompanied the rescue team.
The locomotive which brought the coal from the pit to Westhoughton is kept in the compound of the local recycling company.
A play, Sleep, Comrade Sleep, was written and performed in 2005 by the staff and students of Westhoughton High School and reprised for the centennial in 2010.
Read more about this topic: Pretoria Pit Disaster
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