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Disasters - 1940-49	Disasters - 1940-49

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	1940	YKS	Upton		10	Names
	04	Dec	1940	DUR	Sacriston	Fall of stone	5	Names
	03	Jun	1941	CUL	Whitehaven, William Pit	Explosion of gas produced by chemical action between water and burning carbon	12	Names
	26	Jun	1942	DUR	Murton	Explosion, accident propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by incendive spark created by exploder while shots were fired	13	Names
	09	Dec	1946	CUL	Harrington, No. 10, Workington	Explosion of firedamp propagated by coal dust, caused by opening of flame safety lamp	15	Names
	15	Aug	1947	CUL	Whitehaven, William Pit	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing in waste	104	Names
	22	Aug	1947	DUR	Louisa Pit, Stanley	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by matches	22	Names
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	11	Mar	1940	LAN	Moston	Man Haulage Accident	6	Names
	21	Mar	1940	STS	Mossfield	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by spontaneous combustion	11	Names
	24	Jun	1941	YKS	Kiveton Park	Explosion	5	Names
	10	Jul	1941	GLA	Rhigos	Explosion of firedamp	16	Names
	29	Jul	1941	YKS	Crigglestone	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing	22	Names
	19	Oct	1941	YKS	Bullcroft Main		6	Names
	25	Nov	1941	WLS	Blaenclydach	Man riding accident	7	Names
	01	Jan	1942	STS	Sneyd	Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by friction between up-going rope and underside of the down-coming tub of the runaway set	55	Names
	07	Jan	1942	LAN	Bickershaw		6	Names
	16	Feb	1942	YKS	Barnsley Main	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by flash from coal cutter trailing cable	13	Names
	25	Mar	1943	GLA	Seven Sisters		5	Names
	04	Mar	1945	YKS	Manvers Main	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by damaged trailing cable	5	Names
	18	Jun	1946	DBY	Markham	Haulage rope broke	6	Names
	10	Jan	1947	MLN	Burngrange, Nos. 1 And 2 (Oil Shale) Mine	Explosion, firedamp and fire, ignition caused by flame of open acetylene cap lamp	15	Names
	07	May	1947	YKS	Barnsley Main	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by arc forming between core of trailing cable and moving nut on rocker arm of conveyor	9	Names
	09	Sep	1947	YKS	Ingham	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp	12	Names

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