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Disasters - 1820-29	Disasters - 1820-29

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
	13	Apr	1821	CUL	William Pit, Whitehaven	Explosion	12	Names
	19	Oct	1821	DUR	Nesham's, Newbottle	Explosion	6	Names
	23	Oct	1821	NBL	Wallsend, Russell's	Explosion	52	Names
	23	Oct	1821	DUR	Felling	Explosion	6
	19	Jun	1823	NBL	Walker	By a fall of stones	6	Names
	18	Oct	1823	CUL	Whitehaven, William Pit	Explosion	32	Names
	03	Nov	1823	DUR	Rainton, Plain Pit	Explosion	55	Names
	25	Oct	1824	DUR	Lumley, George Pit	Explosion	14	Names
	19	Nov	1824	DUR	Dorothea Pit, Newbottle	Explosion	11	Names
	03	Jul	1825	DUR	Fatfield, Juliet Pit	Explosion	11	Names
	03	Jan	1826	CUL	William Pit	Underground Fire	9	Names
	17	Jan	1826	DUR	Jarrow	Explosion	34	Names
	30	May	1826	DUR	Towneley Main	Explosion	38	Names
	05	Sep	1826	DUR	Heworth	Explosion	5	Names
	15	Mar	1828	DUR	Jarrow	Explosion	8	Names
	06	Aug	1828	CUL	Whitehaven, Croft Pit	Explosion	6	Names
	01	Sep	1828	DUR	New Pit, Houghton-le-Spring	Explosion	7	Names
	20	Nov	1828	DUR	Washington, I Pit	Explosion	15	Names
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	09	Jun	1820	WLS	Cwmgwrach		5	Names
	23	May	1821	YKS	Norcroft	Chain broke, fell down shaft	10	Names
		Oct	1821	STS	Ebenezer, West Bromwich	Fall of coal and ironstone	6	Names
			1825	WLS	Cwmllynfell		59	Names
	12	Jan	1825	YKS	Middleton Colliery, Gosforth Pit	Explosion	25	Names
	20	May	1828	FLN	Flint	Explosion of firedamp	11	Names

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