(shaft accident). 1915, 30th June Bentinck, Cage Accident, 9 Killed 5 men killed, explosion of firedamp. Jarrow, Durham – Explosion 87 died 5 killed. New Cottam. 1794, 21st December - Sheriff Hill. (Thanks to Albert Cosford for this information) 1919, 6th April, Oxcroft Colliery, 6 killed, 7 injured. 1928, 3rd January, Haig Pit, Whitehaven, Cumberland No.3. 1851, 25th August, Ubberley Colliery Staffordshire. 1877, 22nd October, Blantyre, more than 200 killed in explosion Creswell Colliery Disaster. Survivors of explosions were rare and most apparatus taken underground was used to fight fires or recover bodies. 1932, 10th October. 1929, 18th March. 1799, 11th October, Lumley,. Biddick, Durham. Explosion killed 20 men and boys. 12 killed. 1851, 15 March, Victoria Pit, Nitshill, 63 killed Coal Mining Disasters. Explosion killed 75 British Coal Corporation (commonly called simply ‘British Coal’) 1987-1997; Coal Authority 1994 to date; 4. Durham. 1835, 18 June, Church Pit, or Russell's old Wallsend, 102 killed in gas explosion. Welsh Mining Disasters. 11th June, mine flooded, 23 men and 65 horses and asses were drowned. Neath, Glamorganshire. 1946, 9th December. Explosion killed 19 or 20 men and boys 7 killed. 11 killed. Barnsley, Yorkshire – Explosion 7 died Auchinraith Colliery. 88 killed. Explosion killed 35 Explosion killed 35 3 men gassed, 2 died. [6], Altofts Colliery manager, W.E. 1844, 1 Jan, Dinas Middle Pit. 1923, 25th April, Apedale Footrail Inrush of water and blackdamp, 7 killed Cadder Colliery Disaster. 9 killed. The first British mines rescue station opened at Tankersley in 1902. Inundation from River Dunleddy killed 40. Allerton Bywater Colliery Disaster. [13] It is a Grade II listed building.[14]. 1853, 21st January, Burngrange Colliery. 3 Pit, Lancashire. 1942, 1st January, Sneyd, Stoke-on-Trent 57 killed. 18 lives were lost 18 September 2011. image caption Mining was a notoriously dangerous industry for many years. Wrexham, Denbighshire. 1779, Winch Pond. 1841, 16 March, Quarter, Hamilton, 11 killed in explosion 6 killed. Apart from safety lamps to detect gases, they had no special equipment. 1931, 29th January, Haig Pit, Whitehaven, Cumberland No.4. 9 killed. 1918, 12th January, Minnie Pit, Podmore Hall, Staffordshire. Benwell Colliery Disaster. 11 lives were lost (explosion). 1764, Winch Pond. Loughor, Swansea – Explosion 6 died, 1790, 4th October -  Wallsend. 1794, 11th June, Llansamlet. 1925, 30th March, View Pit, Montagu Colliery, Northumberland. Slattyford, Northumberland – 6 drowned 1932, 25th January, Llwynypia (Scotch) Colliery, Glamorgan. 1871, 6th September. 1849, 10 August, Letty Shanklin. County Durham. List of Disasters. Whitehaven, Cumberland -  Explosion killed 11 13 killed. (Thanks to Jon Archer for putting me right on this date) Rainton, Durham. 1860, 20 December Hetton Colliery Explosion, explosion killed 22 men and boys. 1910, 19 January, Hattonrigg, Bellshill, 8 killed in fall Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine. Abertridwr, Glamorganshire, 6 killed, Bowhill Colliery, Cardenden. Monmouthshire. Monmouthshire. 1845, 1 August, Old Duffryn, Aberdare, Glamorganshire, 29 lives lost.            aged 22 years, trying to rescue a pony during a pit fire. 16 lives were lost (explosion). Mostyn, Denbighshire – Two explosion 1st killed 36, 2nd killed 30 Monmouthshire. 1931, 20th November, Bentley Colliery Disaster, Explosion, 45 Men Died Harrington No. 1940, 4th December. 1918, 9th July, Stanrigg Colliery, near Airdrie, 19 killed 1930, 26th February. Almost a … 440 killed. Aberdare, Glamorganshire. The explosion, which killed 439 miners and a rescuer, is the worst mining accident in the United Kingdom. 1937, 21st January, Markham No.1 (Blackshale) Derbyshire. Rescuers used it and its successors the Draeger rebreather and Biomarine. Ancestry.com does not support or make corrections or changes to the original database. 1848, June, Black Vein Ironstone Mine. To be classified as a disaster, an accident or explosion at a mine has to claim at least ten lives. Aberdare, Monmouthshire. 1743, Bensham Colliery, 80 died 1837, Springwell colliery exploded killing 27 men and boys the youngest being 12yrs old About Web: UK, Coal Mining Accidents and Deaths Index, 1878-1935. Silkstone, Barnsley. Two explosions killed 384 men and boys Some of the region's coal seams contained high quantities of firedamp, a highly explosive ga… Much documentation on military mining activities was classified information until 1961. 1806, Unamed. 1844, September. The death of four miners in a Swansea Valley mine … 1798, 27th February - Washington. 1877, The Tynewydd Inundation disaster, Wales, five killed by underground floods. Live TV In the United Kingdom a series of disasters in the 19th century brought about Royal Commissions which developed the idea of Talke o' the Hill. Universal Colliery, on the South Wales Coalfield, extracted steam coal, which was much in demand. reaped on miners through the ages. 1705, 3rd. 1931, 28th December, Frickley, Yorkshire, Explosion killed 5 men Major mining disasters in Britain. 19 killed. (explosion). Sea broke in. 1927, 1st March, Bilsthorpe Disaster, Nottinghamshire. Many coal mining disasters of the early 20th century were covered by the photographer Warner Gothard of Barnsley. Barnsley Main Colliery, Yorkshire. Mining laws in developed countries require trained, equipped mine rescue personnel to be available at all mining operations at surface and underground mining operations. Mines rescue featured in the 1952 film The Brave Don't Cry which was a testimony to the Knockshinnoch disaster. Coal mine legislation developed very slowly and only in response to countless numbers of pit disasters, these included fires, explosions, falls of ground, floods ( or inrushes as they were known as ), transport related deaths, and mine shaft disasters. 11 killed.           another. Mostyn, Flintshire, Explosion killed 11, 5 others were seriously injured. The following is a list of mining accidents where there were Five or more fatalities. 1933, 16th May. Its building is grade II listed. (Neil's Local History) 1778, 8th December, Chartershaugh. 1859, 100 men entombed, 1870, Sheriff Pit, Silverdale, an explosion occurred at Sheriff Pit, which killed 19 men. 1757, 10th June, Ravensworth. Nos. An explosion of foul air took place. Harraton, Durham - Explosion killed  more than 8 It was commissioned by the West Yorkshire Coal Mine Owners Association. Llangennech. Records before 1850 . 7 killed. 1934, 26th July, Bilsthorpe Colliery, Nottinghamshire. 6 July, St. David's Pit. Glamorganshire. [10] 1875, 30th April, Bunker's Hill Colliery 43 miners killed by an explosion 1840, July, Mostyn. 24th May, Universal, Senghenydd, Glamorgan, 81 killed. Mine rescue teams are trained in first aid, the use of a variety of tools, and the operation of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) to work in passages filled with mine gases such as firedamp, afterdamp, chokedamp, and sometimes shallow submersion. Early breathing apparatus derived from under-sea diving was developed and a crude nose and mouthpiece and breathing tubes was tried in France before 1800. Aberdare, Glamorganshire. 1862, 16th January, New Hartley Pit Disaster. 89 men and boys were killed in an explosion. has to claim at least ten lives. 1939, 20th December, Warsop Main Colliery. The National Archives holds records of these as well as some privately owned mines and quarries. 22 killed. (explosion). [11][12] The MRS Training centre at Houghton-le-Spring opened in 1913 is one of the six surviving British rescue stations which are operated by MRS Training and Rescue. 1843, Broadfield Colliery in Fenton. From 1989 to 2004, the SEFA backpack SCBA was made. [7] The first British mines rescue station opened at Tankersley in 1902. (explosion). The Senghenydd colliery disaster, also known as the Senghenydd explosion (Welsh: Tanchwa Senghennydd), occurred at the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd, near Caerphilly, Glamorgan, Wales, on 14 October 1913. Glamorganshire. Chesterfield, Derbyshire, Chain broke and chair fell down shaft 7 died 1851, 20th December, Warren Vale Colliery, Yorkshire. 1930, 12th December. 1930, 1st October. 7 died 1847, December, Nantyglow. 17 killed by fire and explosion 89 men and boys were killed in an explosion. 38 killed. 1817, 18 December. 7 killed and several injured by an explosion. [citation needed] Local and state governments may have teams on-call ready to respond to mine accidents. Cardiff's only mining disaster explosion killed 16 men and boys Mine rescue or mines rescue is the specialised job of rescuing miners and others who have become trapped or injured in underground mines because of mining accidents, roof falls or floods and disasters such as explosions caused by firedamp. Whitehaven, Cumberland. Six trained rescuers at Howe Bridge trained men at individual collieries in the use of the equipment and at the time of the Pretoria Pit Disaster in 1910 several hundred trained men participated in the operation.[1]. Garforth suggested using a "gallery" to test rescue apparatus and train rescuers in 1899 and one was built at his pit in Altofts West Yorkshire. Sacriston Colliery, Durham. 4 killed. 1928, 10th January, Wallsend Colliery, explosion. [citation needed], During World War I the British army mined underneath enemy lines in occupied France, and mine rescue training was required for the soldiers, often skilled coal-miners who undertook the work as part of the Tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers.

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