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 Disasters - 1770-79 Disasters - 1770-79 

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
06 Dec 1773 DUR North Biddick Explosion 19 Names
08 Dec 1778 DUR Dolly Pit, Chaytor's Haugh Explosion 24 Names
 

Rest of UK

  Date Cnty Colliery Cause Lives Ref.
No disasters found

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