Another interesting bit of history, and a good thing that it's being remembered: http://www.rugbyadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-news/highway-authority-objects-to-building-900-homes-on-ashlawn-road-in-rugby-1-7094646

An article on the accident: http://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/topics/industry/the-exhall-colliery-disaster

As a slight aside to this, there does seem to be rather a high incidence of cancers around the old Exhall pit. I'd love to know what was buried down there before it was 'sealed'.