Disasters - 1960-69	Disasters - 1960-69

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
No disasters found
Rest of UK
	Date			Cnty	Colliery	Cause	Lives	Ref.
	28	Jun	1960	MON	Six Bells	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition caused by frictional heat from a piece of falling quartzitic rock	45	Names
	22	Mar	1962	LAN	Hapton Valley	Explosion, firedamp propagated by coal dust, ignition probably caused by either shot firing or frictional heat	16	Names
	12	Apr	1962	GLA	Tower	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by severe short circuit to earth in an electric cable	9	Names
	17	May	1965	GLA	Cambrian	Explosion, firedamp, ignition caused by defective gate-end switch controlling the return end plough motor	31	Names
	21	Oct	1966	GLA	Aberfan	Tip slide	144
	09	Sep	1967	FIF	Michael	Underground fire, spontaneous combustion	9	Names

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