The St. Mary mine fire, Pribram, CZ
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N 49° 40.483 E 013° 59.198
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A memorial of victims one of the largest mining disasters in Europe.
Waymark Code: WMBE7H
Location: Středočeský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 05/11/2011
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Available information about silver and iron mining in Príbram (
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Five major deep-mines are built in 18th century in Brezové Hory near Príbram, starting with the St. Adalbert mine. The Príbram mining district became one of the most modern in Europe in 19th century, which remained true until the 1920s. Príbram built educational sites and became the seat of central mining authorities and the mining academy.
The St. Mary mine fire in 1892 was a large-scale catastrophe, as 319 miners died (
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Large scale disaster and large number of victims had several causes:
- a great depth of mine about 1300m
- poor ventilation of mine
- late notification of fire
- handling open fire
Memorial is located at Pribram - Brezové Hory Cemetery, which is far about 1 km from the former mine St. Mary.
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