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Last of the Widows Jez Lowe

"Last of the Widows", was written in 1991 to mark the fortieth anniversary of the pit disaster at Easington Colliery.) when it was thought the last of the widows of the men who lost their lives died. It was just before dawn when sparks from a mechanical coal cutter, working in the Duck Bill district of the Five Quarter seam, ignited a pocket of gas. The result was a massive explosion which brought tons of rock and earth crashing down into the Duck Bill district of Five Quarter Seam. As the first rescuers went underground, wives, mothers and loved ones of those trapped underground gathered to begin a pithead vigil. A vigil that for some was to last three days, and end in heartache for every one of them. Of the 81 men in Duck Bill, only one was rescued. He died from his injuries in Ryhope Hospital a few hours after being stretchered out of the pit cage. By the end of a grim day it was apparent that there would be no survivors.