Disasters - 1830-39	Disasters - 1830-39

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
	03	Aug	1830	DUR	Jarrow	Explosion	42	Names
	12	Nov	1831	CUL	Whitehaven, Croft Pit	Explosion	23	Names
	15	Jun	1832	DUR	Newbottle	Boiler explosion	12	Names
	02	May	1833	NBL	Kingswood	Inundated	5
	09	May	1833	DUR	Springwell, B Pit	Explosion	47	Names
	01	May	1835	NBL	Whitley	Corf improperly hooked	6	Names
	18	Jun	1835	NBL	Wallsend	Explosion	102	Names
	19	Nov	1835	NBL	Burdon Main	Explosion	11	Names
	28	Jan	1836	DUR	Hetton, Downs Pit (Eppleton)	Explosion	20	Names
	19	Jul	1836	DUR	Hebburn, B Pit	Explosion	5	Names
	28	Jul	1837	CUL	Workington	Inundation	27	Names
	06	Dec	1837	DUR	Springwell	Explosion	27	Names
	24	Oct	1838	CUL	Harrington, John Pit	Explosion	40	Names
	19	Dec	1838	NBL	Wallsend, Church Pit	Explosion	11	Names
	18	Feb	1839	CUL	Whitehaven, William Pit	Explosion	21	Names
	28	Jun	1839	DUR	St. Hilda	Explosion	51	Names
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	24	Apr	1830	LAN	Pemberton, Wigan	Explosion	9
			1833	LAN	Newton	Explosion	12
	30	May	1833	YKS	Lindley Top	Explosion	5
			1835	LAN	St. Helen's	Drowned	17
	02	Nov	1835		Pump House, Dudley	Explosion	16
	26	Sep	1836	STS	Burslem, Wedgewoods Pit	Explosion	11	Names
	06	Oct	1836	LAN	Blackrod	Explosion	11	Names
		Feb	1837	STS	Oldbury	Explosion	5
		Jun	1838	LAN	St. Helen's	Explosion	6
	04	Jul	1838	YKS	Huskar, Moorside Pit		26	Names
		May	1839	SOM	Kingswood	Inundation	11
	13	Jun	1839	YKS	Bright Soft Pit, Shipley	Explosion	8

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