Gravestone inscribed:
THIS STONE
IS ERECTED
TO COMMEMORATE THE
SUDDEN AND DISASTEROUS
INUNDATION
OF THE
PELSALL HALL COLLIERY
ON THE 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER
1872
WHEREBY THE 22 MINERS
WHOSE NAMES
ARE INSCIBED HEREON
LOST THEIR LIVES
AND WHOSE BODIES ARE WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF JOHN HUBBARDS'S
BURIED BENEATH
"IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH"
For a comprehensive history of the disaster, please visit: http://www.ccmhs.co.uk/pelsall_hall_1872.htm
