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Disasters - 1850-59	Disasters - 1850-59

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
	05	Jun	1850	DUR	Usworth, Wellington Pit	Explosion, outburst of gas, ignition caused by naked light	13	Names
	11	Nov	1850	DUR	Houghton	Explosion, firedamp and coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp	27	Names
	19	Aug	1851	DUR	Washington	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle	34	Names
	31	Oct	1851	NBL	Killingworth, West Moor	Explosion	9	Names
	06	May	1852	DUR	Hebburn	Explosion of firedamp, caused by naked light	22	Names
	16	Jun	1852	DUR	Seaton	Explosion	6	Names
	28	Jun	1855	CUL	Whitehaven, Croft Pit	Explosion of gas	5	Names
	08	Apr	1857	NBL	Greenlaw Walls, Berwick-on-Tweed		5	Names
	01	Oct	1858	DUR	Page Bank, Brancepeth	Shaft on fire	10	Names
	20	Mar	1859	DUR	South Kelloe	Boiler explosion	5	Names
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	11	Feb	1850	LAN	Gib Field Pit, Chowbent	Explosion of gas	5	Names
		Apr	1850	LAN	Town House Mine	Explosion, firedamp	6	Names
	23	Jul	1850	LKS	Commonhead, Airdrie	Explosion	18	Names
	10	Oct	1850	LAN	Bent Grange	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	16	Names
	16	Oct	1850	LAN	Haydock, Rock Pit	Explosion, firedamp, caused by lighted candle	13	Names
		Nov	1850	STS	Wigglesworth, Sedgley	Explosion	5
	12	Dec	1850	GLA	Middle Duffryn	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	13	Names
	15	Mar	1851	RFW	Nitshill, Victoria Pit	Explosion, firedamp and coal dust, ignition caused by lighted candle	61	Names
	17	Mar	1851	LAN	Heys	Explosion of firedamp	6	Names
	07	Jun	1851	GLS	Starve-all, Kingswood	Boiler Explosion	8	Names
		Jul	1851	STS	Whitehall	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	9
	09	Aug	1851	SOM	Malago Vale, Bristol	Shaft Accident	5	Names
	18	Aug	1851	STS	Ubberley	Explosion of fire damp	7	Names
	04	Sep	1851	GLA	Werfa, Aberdare	Shaft Accident	14	Names
	20	Dec	1851	YKS	Warren Vale	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	52	Names
	22	Dec	1851	LAN	Ince Hall	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	13	Names
	18	Feb	1852	LAN	Roscoe's and Lords	Inrush	8	Names
	24	Apr	1852	LAN	Norley Hall	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	12	Names
	10	May	1852	GLA	Gwendraeth	Inundation of quicksand	27	Names
	11	May	1852	GLA	Middle Duffryn	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	65	Names
	20	May	1852	LAN	Coppull	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	36	Names
	06	Jun	1852	STS	Bunkers Hill, Bilston	Explosion of gas	5	Names
	22	Dec	1852	YKS	Lower Elsecar	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	10	Names
	21	Jan	1853	DBY	New Cottam	Breaking of the chain	7	Names
	12	Mar	1853	MON	Risca, Black Vein Pit	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle	10	Names
	24	Mar	1853	LAN	Ince Hall, Arley Pit	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	58	Names
	26	Apr	1853	STS	Old Park	Explosion, firedamp	11	Names
	01	Jul	1853	LAN	Bent Grange	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty ventilation	20	Names
	30	Nov	1853	FIF	Cowdenbeath	Shaft accident	5	Names
	13	Dec	1853	LKS	Garscube	Explosion of firedamp	5	Names
	23	Dec	1853	GLA	Brynddu	Explosion of firedamp	5	Names
	18	Feb	1854	LAN	Ince Hall, Arley Pit	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing	89	Names
	22	Aug	1854	YKS	Lundhill	Explosion of firedamp	6	Names
	19	Oct	1854	DEN	Frood	Explosion of fire damp	7	Names
	11	Nov	1854	LAN	Bellfield	Shaft accident	7	Names
	11	Nov	1854	YKS	Newmarket	Explosion of firedamp	6	Names
	24	Dec	1854	GLS	Golden Valley	Shaft accident	5	Names
	11	Jan	1855	DEN	Bryn-yr-Owen	Inundation from old workings	7	Names
	20	Apr	1855	GLA	Aberaman	Explosion of firedamp	5	Names
	25	May	1855	STS	Old Field	Explosion of firedamp	7	Names
	28	Nov	1855	GLA	Cwm Neol	Shaft accident	8	Names
	24	May	1856	GLA	Cym Avon	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp	12	Names
	20	Jun	1856	STS	Old Park	Breaking of a single-link chain	8	Names
	03	Jul	1856	MON	Old Coal Pit, Blaina	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp	11	Names
	15	Jul	1856	GLA	Cymmer	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp	114	Names
	13	Aug	1856	STS	Ramrod Hall	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by burning fuel	11	Names
	30	Sep	1856	DEN	Brynmally	Inundation from old workings	13	Names
	13	Nov	1856	LAN	Townhouse	Explosion of firedamp	5	Names
	19	Feb	1857	YKS	Lundhill	Explosion of firedamp	189	Names
	04	Mar	1857	DBY	Shipley	Explosion of gas	8	Names
	26	May	1857	LAN	Hindley	Explosion of firedamp	9	Names
	27	May	1857	MON	Tyr Nicholas, Cwmtillery	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp	13	Names
	11	Jun	1857	LAN	Sankey Brook	Shaft accident	6	Names
	31	Jul	1857	LAN	Heys	Explosion of firedamp	40	Names
	10	Sep	1857	WOR	Gwane		9	Names
	10	Oct	1857	DBY	Ripley	Explosion of gas	5	Names
	15	Nov	1857	DBY	Hollingwood	Suffocated with smoke from a fire in the mine	12	Names
	02	Feb	1858	LAN	Bardsley, Diamond Pit	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing	53	Names
	25	Feb	1858	GLA	Lower Duffryn	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp	19	Names
	28	May	1858	GLA	Brynddu	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle	12	Names
	11	Aug	1858	GLA	Cyfing	Explosion of gas	6	Names
	13	Oct	1858	GLA	Primrose	Suffocated by vapour from engine boilers	14	Names
	04	Nov	1858	CAE	Cae, Llannlley	Inundation	10	Names
	11	Dec	1858	LAN	Tyldesley	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp	25	Names
	04	Jan	1859	LAN	Agecroft	Shaft accident	7	Names
	29	Jan	1859	STS	Bycars		6	Names
	06	Apr	1859	GLA	Main	Innundation, water from old workings	26	Names
	05	Nov	1859	STS	Far Green	Drawn over the pulley	10	Names

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