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Disasters - 1830-39	Disasters - 1830-39

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
	03	Aug	1830	DUR	Jarrow	Explosion	42	Names
	12	Nov	1831	CUL	Whitehaven, Croft Pit	Explosion	23	Names
	15	Jun	1832	DUR	Newbottle	Boiler explosion	12	Names
	02	May	1833	NBL	Kingswood	Inundated	5
	09	May	1833	DUR	Springwell, B Pit	Explosion	47	Names
	06	Feb	1835	CUL	Workington	Explosion	5	Names
	01	May	1835	NBL	Whitley	Corf improperly hooked	6	Names
	18	Jun	1835	NBL	Wallsend	Explosion	102	Names
	19	Nov	1835	NBL	Burdon Main	Explosion	11	Names
	28	Jan	1836	DUR	Hetton, Downs Pit (Eppleton)	Explosion	20	Names
	19	Jul	1836	DUR	Hebburn, B Pit	Explosion	5	Names
	28	Jul	1837	CUL	Workington	Inundation	27	Names
	06	Dec	1837	DUR	Springwell	Explosion	27	Names
	24	Oct	1838	CUL	Harrington, John Pit	Explosion	40	Names
	19	Dec	1838	NBL	Wallsend, Church Pit	Explosion	11	Names
	18	Feb	1839	CUL	Whitehaven, William Pit	Explosion	23	Names
	28	Jun	1839	DUR	St. Hilda	Explosion	51	Names
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	03	Feb	1830	CON	United Hills Mine	Boiler Explosion	9	Names
	24	Apr	1830	LAN	Pemberton, Wigan	Explosion	9	Names
	02	Jul	1830	WLS	Cwm Carno	Flooding	6	Names
		May	1831	LAN	Haydock	Explosion of gas	12	Names
	27	May	1831	MON	Colbrook Vale Iron Works	Inundation of water from old workings	9	Names
	28	May	1831	WLS	Coalbrook Vale	Inundation	9	Names
	10	Sep	1831	GLA	Alltyscreech	Explosion of gas	6	Names
		Sep	1832	LAN	Haydock	Explosion of gas	6	Names
			1833	LAN	Newton	Explosion	12
	30	May	1833	YKS	Lindley Top	Explosion	5	Names
	02	Oct	1834	WLS	Landore		9	Names
	02	Feb	1835	LAN	Rushby-park	Explosion of firedamp	6	Names
	10	Jul	1835	LAN	Ladyshore	Drowned	17	Names
	02	Nov	1835	STS	Pump House, Dudley	Explosion	16	Names
	26	Sep	1836	STS	Burslem, Wedgewoods Pit	Explosion	11	Names
	06	Oct	1836	LAN	Blackrod	Explosion	11	Names
		Feb	1837	STS	Oldbury	Explosion	5
	09	May	1837	FLN	Argoed Hall	Inundation	31	Names
	17	Jun	1837	MON	Old Coal Pit, Blaina	Explosion of firedamp	13	Names
	07	Dec	1837	MON	Nant-Y-Glo	Explosion of gas	8	Names
		Jun	1838	LAN	St. Helen's	Explosion	6
	16	Jun	1838	PEM	Thomas Chapel	Inundation of water	6	Names
	23	Jun	1838	STS	Woodhead	Suffocated by after damp	10	Names
	04	Jul	1838	YKS	Huskar, Moorside Pit	Inundation	26	Names
	16	Oct	1838	CHS	Dunkirk	Fall of ground	7	Names
	28	Nov	1838	GLA	Cinder Pits, Blaenavon	Inrush of water	16	Names
	27	May	1839	SOM	Kingswood	Inundation	11	Names
	13	Jun	1839	YKS	Bright Soft Pit, Shipley	Explosion	8
	05	Nov	1839	SOM	Wellsway, Midsomer Norton	Shaft accident	12	Names

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