| Fatal Accidents |
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Fatal Accidents |
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More information on some of the fatal accidents at
Backworth Colliery
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29th Mar 1820 |
2 lives lost, Cause: Explosion of gas
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27th Apr 1857 |
3 lives lost, Cause: Fell down shaft
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14th Mar 1861 |
1 life lost, Cause: Explosion
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29th Nov 1865 |
1 life lost, Cause: Explosion
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5th Apr 1875 |
1 life lost, Cause: Explosion of gas
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13th Oct 1891 |
1 life lost, Cause: Explosion of gas
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30th Mar 1894 |
1 life lost
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11th Dec 1903 |
1 life lost
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23rd Aug 1904 |
1 life lost, Cause: Explosion
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30th Mar 1905 |
1 life lost
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22nd May 1906 |
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of stone
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1st Jun 1906 |
1 life lost
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21st Aug 1906 |
1 life lost
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29th Oct 1906 |
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of stone
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18th Apr 1907 |
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of roof
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12th Sep 1907 |
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of roof
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1st Nov 1907 |
1 life lost
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1925 |
1 life lost
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1926 |
1 life lost, Cause: Crushed by tubs
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1926 |
1 life lost, Cause: By Machinery
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1928 |
1 life lost, Cause: By machinery
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1928 |
1 life lost, Cause: Electric shock
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23rd Nov 1928 |
4 lives lost, Cause: Explosion of firedamp
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1929 |
1 life lost, Cause: Electric shock
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1933 |
1 life lost, Cause: Crushed by trucks on surface
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1933 |
1 life lost, Cause: Shaft Accident
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22nd Apr 1933 |
3 lives lost, Cause: Explosion of firedamp
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1936 |
1 life lost, Cause: Shaft Accident
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21st May 1943 |
3 lives lost, Cause: Fall of roof
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