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 Disasters - 1800-09 Disasters - 1800-09 

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
1801 DUR Towneley Main Or Stella Pit ?  
20 Sep 1803 NBL Wallsend, C Pit Explosion 13 Names
06 Oct 1805 DUR Hebburn Explosion 35 Names
29 Nov 1805 DUR Oxclose Explosion 38 Names
28 Mar 1806 NBL Killingworth Explosion 10 Names
29 Nov 1808 DUR Harraton Explosion 4+ Names
14 Sep 1809 NBL Killingworth Explosion 12 Names
 

Rest of UK

  Date Cnty Colliery Cause Lives Ref.
1803 YKS Barmby Furnace Explosion 28  
1805 SCT Hurlet Explosion 18  
19 Aug 1805 YKS Barmby Furnace Explosion 7  
1806 WLS Mostyn Explosion 36  
1806 WLS Mostyn Explosion 30  
30 Jun 1809 YKS East Ardsley Inundation 10  

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