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More information on some of the fatal accidents at

Murton Colliery

Disaster  5th Apr 1848 
1 life lost, Cause: Died after a fight
Disaster  9th Jun 1858 
1 life lost
Disaster  31st Oct 1860 
1 life lost, Cause: Crushed by cage
Disaster  18th Feb 1870 
2 lives lost, Cause: Overcome by heat
Disaster  13th Jun 1888 
1 life lost, Cause: Boiler explosion
Disaster  20th Nov 1889 
1 life lost
Disaster  21st Apr 1891 
1 life lost
Disaster  24th Apr 1891 
1 life lost
Disaster  23rd Jun 1892 
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of coal
Disaster  24th Nov 1892 
2 lives lost
Disaster  26th Apr 1893 
1 life lost, Cause: Crushed by tubs
Disaster  7th Nov 1894 
1 life lost
Disaster  28th Nov 1894 
1 life lost
Disaster  21st Sep 1896 
1 life lost
Disaster  2nd May 1898 
2 lives lost, Cause: Fall of stone
Disaster  20th Sep 1900 
1 life lost
Disaster  18th Jul 1901 
1 life lost
Disaster  18th Feb 1902 
3 lives lost, Cause: Crushed by tubs
Disaster  1st Apr 1903 
1 life lost, Cause: Run over by trams and tubs
Disaster  21st Apr 1904 
1 life lost
Disaster  26th Jan 1905 
1 life lost, Cause: By waggons
Disaster  5th Apr 1906 
1 life lost, Cause: Accident caused by machinery
Disaster  21st May 1906 
1 life lost, Cause: By machinery
Disaster  28th Jun 1906 
1 life lost
Disaster  24th Aug 1906 
1 life lost
Disaster  23rd Jan 1911 
1 life lost
Disaster  28th Mar 1911 
1 life lost, Cause: Killed by runaway tubs
Disaster  13th Dec 1918 
4 lives lost, Cause: Underground Fire
Disaster  14th Nov 1919 
1 life lost, Cause: Fell from cage
Disaster  1925 
1 life lost
Disaster  12th Sep 1925 
2 lives lost, Cause: Fall of stone
Disaster  1928 
1 life lost, Cause: By machinery
Disaster  19th Apr 1929 
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of Stone
Disaster  27th Dec 1934 
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of Roof
Disaster  1936 
1 life lost, Cause: Cut
Disaster  1936 
1 life lost, Cause: Hit roof
Disaster  20th Jan 1936 
1 life lost, Cause: Struck by tubs
Disaster  11th Aug 1936 
1 life lost, Cause: Hit by prop
Disaster  21st Dec 1937 
4 lives lost, Cause: Explosion of firedamp

 

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