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Disasters - 1910-19	Disasters - 1910-19

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
	11	May	1910	CUL	Wellington Pit	Underground fire and explosion of firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp	137	Names
	26	Apr	1915	CUL	Brayton Domain	Explosion	7	Names
	13	Aug	1916	NBL	Woodhorn	Explosion, firedamp or coal dust, ignition caused by naked light	13	Names
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	19	Jan	1910	LKS	Hattonrigg	Overwinding	8	Names
	11	Mar	1910	GLA	Ffynnon Dwyn	Mine water and slurry downhill	6	Names
	07	May	1910	YKS	Water Haigh	Fall of side	6	Names
	13	Sep	1910	LKS	Huntershill (Sandstone)	Fall of roof	5	Names
	04	Dec	1910	STS	Kemberton	Shaft accident	7	Names
	21	Dec	1910	LAN	Hulton No. 3, Pretoria Pit	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp	344	Names
	25	Nov	1911	STS	Bignall Hill, Jamage Pit	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by gob-fire	6	Names
	14	Dec	1911	STS	Hednesford		5	Names
	18	May	1912	MON	Markham	Explosion of firedamp	5	Names
	09	Jul	1912	YKS	Cadeby Main	2 explosions, firedamp and coal dust, ignition caused by gob fire	88	Names
	07	Feb	1913	NTT	Rufford	Shaft accident - overwind caused suction water barrel to fall down sinking shaft, demolishing scaffold	14	Names
	16	Jun	1913	YKS	Car House	Inrush of water from old workings	8	Names
	03	Aug	1913	LKS	Cadder, No. 15 Pit	Underground fire, probably caused by accidental ignition of clothes, lamp-wick or timber by open lights or matches	22	Names
	14	Oct	1913	GLA	Senghenydd	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by sparking from electric signalling apparatus or from falling rocks	439	Names
	18	Oct	1913	CMN	Glynea	Explosion of firedamp	8	Names
	30	May	1914	YKS	Wharncliffe Silkstone, Whinmoor Seam	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by faulty electrical equipment on coal cutting machine	12	Names
	17	Jan	1915	STS	Podmore Hall, Minnie Pit	Explosion of firedamp	9	Names
	25	Feb	1915	STS	New Hem Heath		12	Names
	30	Jun	1915	NTT	Bentinck	Shaft accident - collision of cages	10	Names
	21	Sep	1915	WAR	Exhall		14	Names
	22	Oct	1915	STS	Pennant Hill, Dudley		5	Names
	26	Apr	1916	LKS	Neilsland	Inrush of water	5	Names
	11	Dec	1917	LAN	Cronton, Widnes	Explosion of gas caused by shotfiring	8	Names
	12	Jan	1918	STS	Podmore Hall, Minnie Pit	Explosion, firedamp and coal dust, ignition probably caused by defective safety lamp	156	Names
	09	Jul	1918	LKS	Stanrigg and Arbuckle	Inrush of moss	19	Names
	06	Apr	1919	DBY	Oxcroft	Explosion of gas	6	Names
	20	Oct	1919	CON	Levant Tin Mine	Shaft accident caused by breaking of man-engine	31	Names

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