Industrial Accidents: Mining

NB: This is a sub-section of Industrial Accidents

• 1812 May 25th. Felling Colliery - (92 died)
• 1835 Jun 18th. Wallsend Colliery - (102 died)
• 1839 Jun 28th. St. Hilda Colliery - (51 died)
• 1844 Sep 28th. Haswell Colliery - (95 died)
• 1849 Aug 10th. Lletty Shenkin Colliery - (52 died)
• 1851 Mar 15th. Nitshill Pit Explosion - (63 died)
• 1856 Jul 15th. Cymmer Colliery - (114 died)
• 1857 Feb 19th. Lundhill Colliery - (189 died)
• 1860 Dec 01st. Risca Blackvein - (146 died)
• 1862 Jan 16th. Hartley Colliery - (220 died)
• 1862 Feb 19th. Gethin Pit - (47 died)
• 1866 Dec 12th. Oaks Colliery - (361 died)
• 1867 Nov 08th. Ferndale Colliery - (178 died)
• 1869 Jun 10th. Ferndale Colliery - (53 died)
• 1874 Apr 14th. Astley Deep Pit - (54 died)
• 1875 Dec 06th. Swaithe Main Colliery - (143 died)
• 1877 Oct 22nd. Blantyre Colliery - (207 died)
• 1878 Jun 07th. Wood Pit Colliery - (189 died)
• 1878 Sep 11th. Abercarn colliery - (268 died)
• 1879 Jan 13th. Llantrisant Colliery Disaster - (63 died)
• 1880 Jul 05th. New Risca Pit - (120 died)
• 1880 Sep 08th. Seaham Colliery - (164 died)
• 1880 Dec 10th. Naval Steam Colliery - (101 died)
• 1882 Feb 16th. Trimdon Grange Colliery - (69 died)
• 1885 Jun 18th. Clifton Hall Colliery - (178 died)
• 1885 Dec 23rd. Mardy Colliery - (81 died)
• 1886 Aug 13th. Bedford Colliery - (38 died)
• 1887 May 28th. Udston Colliery - (73 died)
• 1890 Fen 06th. Llannerch Colliery - (176 died)
• 1892 Aug 26th. Parc Slip Colliery - (112 died)
• 1893 Apr 11th. Great Western Mine - (63 died)
• 1893 Jul 04th. Combs Pit - (139 died)
• 1894 Jun 23rd. Albion Colliery - (290 died)
• 1895 Jan 14th. Audley Colliery - (77 died) (aka Diglake Colliery)
• 1896 Jan 27th. Rhondda Valley Colliery - (57 died)
• 1896 Apr 30th. Peckfield Colliery - (63 died)
• 1901 May 24th. Senghenydd Colliery - (83 died)
• 1905 Jul 11th. Wattstown Colliery - (119 died)
• 1908 Aug 18th. Maypole Colliery - (76 died)
• 1909 Feb 16th. Burns Pit - (168 died)
• 1910 may 11th. Wellington Pit - (136 died)
• 1910 Dec 21st. Hulton Colliery - (344 died) (aka Pretoria Pit)
• 1912 Jul 09th. Cadeby Main Pit - (91 died)
• 1913 Oct 14th. Senghenydd Colliery - (439 died)
• 1918 Jan 12th. Minnie Pit - (155 died)
• 1927 Mar 01st. Marine Colliery - (52 died)
• 1931 Nov 20th. Bentley Coal Mine - (45 died)
• 1934 Sep 22nd. Gresford Colliery - (266 died)
• 1936 Aug 06th. Wharncliffe Woodmoor Colliery - (58 died)
• 1938 may 10th. Markham Colliery - (79 died)
• 1947 Aug 15th. William Pit - (104 died)
• 1950 Sep 26th. Creswell Colliery - (80 died)
• 1951 May 29th. Easington Colliery - (81 died)
• 1959 Sep 18th. Auchengeich Pit - (47 died)
• 1960 Jun 28th. Six Bells Colliery - (45 died)
• 1966 Oct 21st. Aberfan Disaster - (146 died)

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