The celebrations in connexion with the Yorkshire visit of the
King and Queen were interrupted by the occurrence on Tuesday of a terrible disaster in a mine near Conisborough Castle, where they had had tea only the day before. At about two o'clock on Tuesday morning an explosion took place in the Cadeby Pit, which caused the loss of about thirty lives. Rescue parties were immediately organized, but while the work of recovering the bodies was proceeding some further explosions took place, with disastrous results to the heroic rescuers, over forty of whom were killed. Amongst theta were Mr. W. H. Pickering, Chief Inspector of Mines for Yorkshire and the North Midlands, and two other inspectors, as well as the managers of the Cadeby Pit and of the adjacent Denaby Pit. The causes of the explosions are unexplained. In the course of the evening the King and Queen visited the scene of the disaster and expressed their sympathy with
those who have suffered in it. Nothing could have been more natural or more genuine than the manner in which they showed their feeling for the families of the men who perished.
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