Disasters - 1890-99	Disasters - 1890-99

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
	13	Apr	1896	DUR	Brancepeth, A Pit	Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing	20	Names
	06	May	1897	DUR	East Hetton	Inundation of water from old workings	10	Names
	10	May	1897	IOM	Snaefell	Underground fire, caused by naked light igniting timber	20	Names
	15	Aug	1899	DUR	Brandon, C Pit	Explosion	6	Names
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	22	Jan	1890	MON	Glyn		5	Names
	06	Feb	1890	MON	Llanerch	Explosion, firedamp, ignition probably caused by safety lamp	176	Names
	10	Mar	1890	GLA	Morfa	Explosion, firedamp and coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing	87	Names
	02	Apr	1891	STS	Apedale, Sladerhill No. 3 Pit	Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing	10	Names
	31	Aug	1891	GLS	Malago Vale	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	10	Names
	30	Sep	1891	GLA	Blaendwynfi		8	Names
	08	Dec	1891	YKS	Wheldale		5	Names
	04	Jan	1892	LAN	Bamfurlong		16	Names
	04	Aug	1892	YKS	Ravenslodge	Flooding caused by defective tubbing in upcast shaft	6	Names
	24	Aug	1892	BRE	Yniscedwin		7	Names
	26	Aug	1892	GLA	Park Slip	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by safety lamp	112	Names
	10	Jan	1893	CON	Wheal Owles	Inrush of water from old workings	20	Names
	23	Jan	1893	GLA	Dowlais		8	Names
	11	Apr	1893	GLA	Great Western	Fire, ignition of inflammable substance caused by sparks from brake of hauling engine	63	Names
	04	Jul	1893	YKS	Thornhill, Combs Pit	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	139	Names
	20	Sep	1893	CON	Dolcoath		8	Names
	23	Jun	1894	GLA	Albion	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing	278	Names
	14	Jan	1895	STS	Audley	Inrush of water from old workings of Diglake Colliery	77	Names
	06	Feb	1895	SOM	Timsbury	Explosion, probably coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing	7	Names
	26	Apr	1895	STI	Quarter	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by naked light	13	Names
	31	May	1895	FIF	Kinneddar, No. 2 Pit	Underground fire caused by new ventilating furnace igniting adjacent timber	9	Names
	02	Aug	1895	AYR	Auchenharvie	Inrush of water from old workings	9	Names
	09	Sep	1895	GLA	Dowlais		6	Names
	09	Sep	1895	GLA	Pentre		6	Names
	01	Oct	1895	LAN	Shakerley		5	Names
	11	Nov	1895	DBY	Blackwell 'A' Winning	Explosion, coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing	7	Names
	11	Dec	1895	IRL	Dungannon		5	Names
	27	Jan	1896	GLA	Tylorstown	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by shot firing	57	Names
	20	Feb	1896	LAN	Westleigh		7	Names
	30	Apr	1896	YKS	Micklefield	Explosion of firedamp, propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by naked light	62	Names
	04	Aug	1896	GLA	Bryncoch, No. 1 Main	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by safety lamp	7	Names
	09	Dec	1896	GLA	River Level	Inrush of water from old workings	6	Names
	05	Jan	1897	GLA	Broadoak		5	Names
	06	Mar	1897	KEN	Dover		7	Names
	26	Mar	1897	CLK	Devon, Furnacebank No. 1 Pit	Inrush of water from back workings, caused by the bursting of the manhole door in a dam	6	Names
	09	Sep	1897	AYR	Drumley No. 1		7	Names
	19	Apr	1898	LEI	Whitwick	Gob fire	35	Names
	09	Sep	1898	AYR	Ayr Colliery, Drumley No 1 Pit	Explosion of firedamp	7	Names
	28	Jun	1899	LKS	Bothwell Castle, No. 2		5	Names
	18	Aug	1899	GLA	Llest	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by naked light	19	Names
	20	Dec	1899	LKS	Barwood No. 1		5	Names

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