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Welcome to the Durham Mining Museum website. All the available information is shown in the categories and menu options shown on the left of each web page. If you are a regular visitor to the site then please check the What's new page to see what has changed since your last visit.
This site covers mining in the Northern part of England i.e. County Durham (DUR), Northumberland (NBL), Cumberland (CUL), Westmorland (WES) and the Ironstone mines of North Yorkshire (NRY). For information on mining in other areas of the country there may be a site listed in our Links section.
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Northern England - covered by this web site | |||||||
| Date | Colliery | Cnty | Cause | Lives | Sufferers | ||
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| 05 | Sep | 1922 | Haig Pit | CUL | Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing | 39 | Names |
| 08 | Sep | 1880 | Seaham | DUR | Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp or shot firing | 164 | Names |
| 14 | Sep | 1809 | Killingworth | NBL | Explosion | 12 | Names |
| 20 | Sep | 1803 | Wallsend, C Pit | NBL | Explosion | 13 | Names |
| 21 | Sep | 1833 | Isabella Pit, Workington | CUL | Explosion of firedamp | 13 | Names |
| 25 | Sep | 1799 | Wallsend | NBL | Explosion | 13 | Names |
| 28 | Sep | 1813 | Fatfield, Hall Pit | DUR | Explosion | 32 | Names |
| 28 | Sep | 1844 | Haswell | DUR | Explosion | 95 | Names |
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| 10 | Sep | 1886 | Dean Lane | SOM | Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by naked light | 10 | Names |
| 11 | Sep | 1878 | Abercarne, Prince Of Wales | MON | Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, cause of ignition not established | 268 | Names |
| 12 | Sep | 1935 | North Gawber (Lidgett) | YKS | Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by shot firing | 19 | Names |
| 18 | Sep | 1959 | Auchengeich | LKS | 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 |
| 21 | Sep | 1915 | Exhall | STS | 14 | Names | |
| 22 | Sep | 1934 | Gresford | DEN | Explosion, firedamp, cause of ignition uncertain, possibly spontaneous combustion | 265 | Names |
| 25 | Sep | 1923 | Redding | STI | Inrush of water from old workings | 40 | Names |
| 26 | Sep | 1836 | Burslem, Wedgewoods Pit | STS | Explosion | 11 | Names |
| 26 | Sep | 1950 | Creswell | DBY | Fire caused by frictional heating of torn belting | 80 | Names |
| 26 | Sep | 1861 | South Mostyn | FLN | Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light | 10 | Names |
| 3 | Sep | 1902 | Maclaren, No.1 Pit | MON | Explosion, firedamp, cause of ignition uncertain | 14 | Names |
| 30 | Sep | 1868 | Wynnstay | DEN | Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp | 10 | Names |
| 5 | Sep | 1889 | Mauricewood | MLN | Underground fire, cause unknown, death caused by suffocation from smoke flowing into intake air | 63 | Names |
| 6 | Sep | 1871 | Moss | LAN | Explosion, firedamp, cause of ignition not established | 70 | |
| 7 | Sep | 1950 | Knockshinnock Castle | AYR | Inrush of liquid peat or moss from surface | 13 | Names |
| 9 | Sep | 1947 | Ingham | YKS | Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by spark from flame safety lamp | 12 | Names |
