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 Disasters - 1790-99 Disasters - 1790-99 

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
04 Oct 1790 NBL Wallsend 7 Names
27 Dec 1793 DUR Sheriff Hill, Hope Pit 14 Names
09 Jun 1794 DUR Rickleton Pit, Picktree Explosion 30 Names
11 Jun 1794 DUR Harraton Explosion 28 Names
21 Dec 1794 DUR Sheriff Hill ?  
24 Apr 1795 NBL Paradise, Benwell Explosion 11 Names
12 Feb 1796 DUR New Washington 6 Names
08 Sep 1796 NBL Slaty Ford Inundated by water 6 Names
27 Feb 1797 DUR Washington 7  
11 Apr 1797 DUR Lumley Explosion 31  
27 Feb 1798 DUR Washington 7 Names
25 Sep 1799 NBL Wallsend Explosion 13 Names
11 Oct 1799 DUR Lumley Explosion 39 Names
 

Rest of UK

  Date Cnty Colliery Cause Lives Ref.
1797 YKS Rothwell Haigh Explosion 13  

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