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Disasters - 1970-79	Disasters - 1970-79

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
No disasters found
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	06	Apr	1971	CMN	Cynheidre-Pentremawr	Outburst of coal and firedamp	6	Names
	21	Mar	1973	YKS	Lofthouse	Inrush of water from old workings	7	Names
	10	May	1973	FIF	Seafield	Extensive fall of roof	5	Names
	30	Jul	1973	DBY	Markham	Shaft accident, overwind, caused by failure of mechanical break of winding engine	18	Names
	12	Jun	1975	YKS	Houghton Main	Explosion of firedamp	5	Names
	21	Nov	1978	YKS	Bentley	Manriding train derailment	7	Names
	18	Mar	1979	LAN	Golborne	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by sparking from electrical equipment	10	Names

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