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Disasters - 1880-89	Disasters - 1880-89

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
	08	Sep	1880	DUR	Seaham	Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp or shot firing	164	Names
	16	Feb	1882	DUR	Trimdon Grange	Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by shot firing	74	Names
	18	Apr	1882	DUR	Tudhoe	Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by naked light	37	Names
	19	Apr	1882	DUR	West Stanley	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp	13	Names
	02	Mar	1885	DUR	Usworth	Explosion, firedamp and coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing	42	Names
	03	Jun	1885	DUR	Margaret Pit, Newbottle	Inrush of water from old workings	14	Names
	02	Dec	1886	DUR	Elemore	Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing	28	Names
	06	May	1887	CAN	Nanaimo, No. 1, Vancover	Explosion of after damp	150	Names
	24	Oct	1887	NBL	Walker	Explosion of coal dust, firedamp and air	8	Names
	19	Apr	1888	CUL	St. Helen's, Workington	Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by shot firing	30	Names
	10	Jul	1888	SA	De Beers Diamond Mine, Kimberly, South Africa	Fire		Names
	04	Nov	1889	DUR	Hebburn, A Pit	Explosion	6	Names
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	21	Jan	1880	STS	Leycett, Fair Lady Pit	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing	62	Names
	10	Mar	1880	MON	Bedwelty	Explosion of gas	6	Names
	07	Jul	1880	GLA	Garnoch	Explosion of firedamp	6	Names
	15	Jul	1880	MON	Risca	Explosion, firedamp. Ignition probably caused by Clanny Lamp	120	Names
	03	Aug	1880	DEN	Bersham	Explosion of gas	9	Names
	10	Dec	1880	GLA	Naval Steam, Pen-y-Graig	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp	101	Names
	19	Jan	1881	CON	New Cathedral		8	Names
	07	Feb	1881	STS	Whitfield	Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by underground smithy	21	Names
	03	May	1881	STS	Lillydale	Explosion of firedamp and irruption of water	9	Names
	19	Dec	1881	LAN	Abram	Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by Davy lamp	48	Names
	11	Feb	1882	GLA	Lewis Merthyr	Explosion of firedamp	6	Names
	03	Mar	1882	MON	Henwain	Explosion of firedamp	6	Names
	01	May	1882	YKS	Victoria, Bruntcliffe	Explosion of gas	7	Names
	01	May	1882	WAR	Baddesley	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by unprotected engine and boiler in return airway	32	Names
	07	Nov	1882	DBY	Parkhouse No.7	Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by naked light	45	Names
	25	Jun	1883	GLA	New Duffryn	Explosion of gas	6	Names
	15	Aug	1883	CON	Wheal Agar (Metalliferous)	Fracture of the capstan rope	12	Names
	21	Aug	1883	GLA	Gelli	Explosion of gas	5	Names
	02	Oct	1883	LAN	Nelson	Coupling chain breaking	6	Names
	18	Oct	1883	YKS	Wharncliffe Carlton	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp	20	Names
	21	Oct	1883	STS	Leycett, Fair Lady Pit	Explosion	6	Names
	07	Nov	1883	LAN	Altham, Moorfield Pit	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by Davy lamp	68	Names
	16	Jan	1884	GLA	Garnant	Breaking of rope	10	Names
	27	Jan	1884	GLA	Naval	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing	14	Names
	07	May	1884	MLN	Niddrie, No. 7	Underground fire	7	Names
	06	Sep	1884	STS	Hall End	Explosion of firedamp caused by naked light, probably matches	7	Names
	08	Nov	1884	MON	Pochin	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust	15	Names
	08	Apr	1885	STS	Great Fenton	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing	8	Names
	18	Jun	1885	LAN	Clifton Hall, Trencherbone Mine	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by lighted candle	178	Names
	20	Jun	1885	STS	Apedale	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing	9	Names
	23	Dec	1885	GLA	Maerdy	Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by naked light	81	Names
	19	Feb	1886	GLS	Easton		8	Names
	13	Aug	1886	LAN	Bedford, Wood End Pits, Crumbouke Mine	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp	38	Names
	10	Sep	1886	SOM	Dean Lane	Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by naked light	10	Names
	02	Oct	1886	YKS	Altofts, Silkstone	Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing	22	Names
	09	Dec	1886	GLA	George Pit, Mountain Ash		5	Names
	30	Dec	1886	YKS	Houghton Main	Cage accident	10	Names
	18	Feb	1887	GLA	National	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing	39	Names
	28	May	1887	LKS	Udston	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light or safety lamp	73	Names
	03	Nov	1887	DBY	Hill Close Lead Mine		5	Names
	16	Feb	1888	MER	Oakley Slate Mine, Blaeu Festiniog	Overloaded bridge gave way	5	Names
	06	Apr	1888	LAN	Douglas Bank		5	Names
	14	May	1888	GLA	Aber, Ogmore Vale		5	Names
	18	Jan	1889	CHS	Hyde	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	23	Names
	13	Mar	1889	DEN	Brynmally, Pendwll Pit	Outburst of firedamp following roof-fall, ignition caused by naked light	20	Names
	05	Sep	1889	MLN	Mauricewood	Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air	63	Names
	16	Oct	1889	STS	Mossfield	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spontaneous combustion	64	Names

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