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Disasters - 1790-99	Disasters - 1790-99

Please note: only those accidents where 5 or more lives were lost are shown in the tables below.

Northern England
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Sufferers
	04	Oct	1790	NBL	Wallsend		7	Names
	27	Dec	1793	DUR	Sheriff Hill, Hope Pit		14	Names
	09	Jun	1794	DUR	Rickleton Pit, Picktree	Explosion	30	Names
	11	Jun	1794	DUR	Harraton	Explosion	28	Names
	21	Dec	1794	DUR	Sheriff Hill		?
	24	Apr	1795	NBL	Paradise, Benwell	Explosion	11	Names
	12	Feb	1796	DUR	New Washington		6	Names
	08	Sep	1796	NBL	Slaty Ford	Inundated by water	6	Names
	11	Apr	1797	DUR	Lumley	Explosion	31	Names
	27	Feb	1798	DUR	Washington		7	Names
	25	Sep	1799	NBL	Wallsend	Explosion	13	Names
	11	Oct	1799	DUR	Lumley	Explosion	39	Names
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	12	May	1795	GLA	Fire Engine Colliery, Neath		20	Names
			1797	YKS	Rothwell Haigh	Explosion	13

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