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 Disasters - 1760-69 Disasters - 1760-69 

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
01 Dec 1761 NBL Hartley Explosion 5 Names
1763 DUR Fatfield Explosion 39 Names
02 Apr 1765 NBL Walker Explosion 8 Names
18 Mar 1766 NBL Walker 10 Names
16 Apr 1766 DUR South Biddick Explosion 27 Names
22 Aug 1766 DUR Lambton Explosion 6 Names
1767 NBL Wallsend ?  
17 Mar 1767 DUR Fatfield Explosion 39 Names
 

Rest of UK

  Date Cnty Colliery Cause Lives Ref.
No disasters found

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