The Prime Minister talks to relatives of trapped miners at Lofthouse colliery in Yorkshire: Hopes of an early breakthrough to the spot where the seven missing Yorkshire miners are entombed sank last night as rescuers came up against a wall of mud and sludge. It extended for about 120-feet along the approach tunnel at Lofthouse Colliery, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. Yesterday Mr. Heath, the Prime Minister, paid a visit to the colliery and spoke to relatives of the trapped miners.
Photo shows MR. Edward Heath speake to Mrs Evelyn Cotton, the wife of one of the trapped miners, when he paid a visit to the colliery yesterday.
Photo measures 9.5 x 7.25 inches.
Photo is dated 3-24-1973.
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