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 Fatal Accidents Return to Index Fatal Accidents 
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More information on some of the fatal accidents at

Elemore Colliery

Disaster  17th Sep 1834 
2 lives lost, Cause: Boiler explosion
Disaster  27th Jan 1844 
1 life lost
Disaster  4th Jan 1854 
2 lives lost, Cause: Fell from cage
Disaster  6th Feb 1857 
1 life lost, Cause: Fell off cradle in shaft
Disaster  6th Aug 1857 
1 life lost, Cause: Head torn from his body by chain while ascending the shaft
Disaster  11th Nov 1871 
1 life lost, Cause: By Machinery Underground
Disaster  4th Nov 1889 
1 life lost
Disaster  25th Oct 1892 
1 life lost
Disaster  12th Apr 1901 
1 life lost
Disaster  22nd Jan 1906 
2 lives lost, Cause: Fall of stone
Disaster  3rd Jul 1907 
1 life lost, Cause: Accident on Surface
Disaster  24th Aug 1910 
1 life lost, Cause: Fell down shaft
Disaster  24th Sep 1910 
1 life lost
Disaster  5th Nov 1930 
2 lives lost, Cause: Fall of Stone
Disaster  14th Dec 1935 
1 life lost, Cause: Run over by tub
Disaster  2nd Jan 1936 
1 life lost, Cause: Hit by prop
Disaster  15th Apr 1943 
3 lives lost, Cause: Died on pit heap
Disaster  1st Nov 1955 
1 life lost

 

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