From January 21, 1942, around 4 a.m., when a firedamp struck the 14 and size, located 650 meters underground, pulverizing all the Gueules Noires of the night shift whose dad, Marinette, aged 3 and a half at the time, remembers nothing of the moment T.
She digs into her memory: “I know that I was with mother and my brother Félix on the Carreau de la Chana. We rushed with many families of miners to get news.
“They knew that this 14 and diaper was dangerous”
She later learned that her dad was alive. “Seriously burned all over his body, he was grafted to his face and limbs.”
His father’s words almost echo: “He worked in the…