Disasters - 1810-19	Disasters - 1810-19

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
	24	May	1812	DUR	Felling	Explosion	92	Names
	10	Oct	1812	DUR	Herrington Mill Pit	Explosion	24	Names
	17	Jul	1813	NBL	Collingwood Main	Explosion	8	Names
	28	Sep	1813	DUR	Fatfield, Hall Pit	Explosion	32	Names
	24	Dec	1813	DUR	Felling	Explosion	22	Names
	12	Aug	1814	DUR	Hebburn	Explosion	11	Names
		Dec	1814	DUR	A Coal Pit	Rope slipped from chain when ascending a coal pit	5	Names
	03	May	1815	NBL	Heaton Main	Inrush of water from old workings	75	Names
	02	Jun	1815	DUR	Newbottle, Success Pit	Explosion	57	Names
	27	Jun	1815	DUR	Sheriff Hill	Explosion	11	Names
	07	Aug	1815	DUR	Newbottle	Boiler bursting	11	Names
	11	Dec	1815	DUR	Sheriff Hill	Fire	5	Names
	28	Apr	1816	NBL	Walbottle, Wellington Pit	Explosion	14
	31	May	1817	DUR	South Shields	Killed in descending	5
	30	Jun	1817	DUR	Harraton, Row Pit	Explosion	38	Names
	02	Jul	1817	DUR	Harraton, Nova Scotia Pit	Choke damp	8	Names
	25	Sep	1817	DUR	Jarrow	Explosion	6
	18	Dec	1817	DUR	Rainton, Plain Pit	Explosion	27	Names
	19	Jul	1819	DUR	Sheriff Hill	Explosion	35	Names
	09	Oct	1819	DUR	Lumley, George Pit	Explosion	13	Names
	30	Oct	1819	CUL	Kell's Pit	Explosion of fire-damp	20	Names
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
No disasters found

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