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Disasters - 1950-59	Disasters - 1950-59

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
	29	May	1951	DUR	Easington	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by sparks from cutter picks striking pyrites	83	Names
	06	Jul	1951	DUR	Eppleton	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by defective master control box of Joy loader	9	Names
	01	Oct	1951	NBL	Weetslade	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by fusion on the shuttle car battery	5	Names
	24	Aug	1953	NRY	Lingdale (Ironstone)	Explosion of an accumulation of gas	8	Names
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	07	Sep	1950	AYR	Knockshinnock Castle	Inrush of liquid peat or moss from surface	13	Names
	26	Sep	1950	DBY	Creswell	Fire caused by frictional heating of torn belting	80	Names
	09	May	1951	DBY	Denby Hall	Fall of roof	5	Names
	02	Feb	1953	STS	Dale Green	Explosion of gas	6	Names
	06	Sep	1955	CMN	Blaenhirwaun, 'Q' Face	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by sparks produced by friction between fan blades of compressed air turbine fan and pieces of stone	6	Names
	22	Nov	1956	GLA	Lewis Merthyr	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by incendive spark produced by impact of stone striking steel arches	9	Names
	21	Feb	1957	NTT	Sutton	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by incendive flash from terminal box of a motor	5	Names
	06	Mar	1957	LAN	Chanters	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by electric arc from cover plate of busbar chamber of switch for the Pikrose haulage	8	Names
	26	Jun	1957	YKS	Barnburgh Main	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by flash from a damaged electric cable	6	Names
	19	Nov	1957	AYR	Kames	Explosion, firedamp, propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by matches	17	Names
	14	Dec	1957	FIF	Lindsay	Explosion, firedamp, propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by matches	9	Names
	22	Apr	1959	YKS	Walton	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by electric arc from damaged trailing cable of coal cutting machine	5	Names
	18	Sep	1959	LKS	Auchengeich	Underground fire caused by frictional heat generated between the rotating motor pulley and the balata transmission belt of the electrically driven booster fan	47	Names
	10	Oct	1959	LAN	Bickershaw Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, Plodder Seam	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by spontaneous combustion of heated material	5	Names

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