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 Fatal Accidents Fatal Accidents 

More information on some of the fatal accidents at

Elswick Colliery

  13th Nov 1837 
1 life lost, Cause: Fell down shaft
  30th Mar 1881 
1 life lost, Cause: Bursting of steam pipe
  3rd Nov 1898 
1 life lost, Cause: Explosion of fire-damp
  4th May 1900 
2 lives lost, Cause: Irruption of water
  14th Jan 1905 
1 life lost
  10th Jan 1919 
2 lives lost, Cause: Explosion
  1927 
1 life lost

 

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