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 Fatal Accidents Fatal Accidents 

More information on some of the fatal accidents at

Murton Colliery

  5th Apr 1848 
1 life lost, Cause: Died after a fight
  9th Jun 1858 
1 life lost
  31st Oct 1860 
1 life lost, Cause: Crushed by cage
  18th Feb 1870 
2 lives lost, Cause: Overcome by heat
  13th Jun 1888 
1 life lost, Cause: Boiler explosion
  21st Apr 1891 
1 life lost
  24th Apr 1891 
1 life lost
  24th Nov 1892 
2 lives lost
  23rd Jun 1892 
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of coal
  26th Apr 1893 
1 life lost, Cause: Crushed by tubs
  28th Nov 1894 
1 life lost
  7th Nov 1894 
1 life lost
  21st Sep 1896 
1 life lost
  2nd May 1898 
2 lives lost, Cause: Fall of stone
  20th Sep 1900 
1 life lost
  18th Jul 1901 
1 life lost
  18th Feb 1902 
3 lives lost, Cause: Crushed by tubs
  1st Apr 1903 
1 life lost, Cause: Run over by trams and tubs
  21st Apr 1904 
1 life lost
  26th Jan 1905 
1 life lost, Cause: By waggons
  5th Apr 1906 
1 life lost, Cause: Accident caused by machinery
  28th Jun 1906 
1 life lost
  24th Aug 1906 
1 life lost
  23rd Jan 1911 
1 life lost
  28th Mar 1911 
1 life lost, Cause: Killed by runaway tubs
  13th Dec 1918 
4 lives lost, Cause: Underground Fire
  14th Nov 1919 
1 life lost, Cause: Fell from cage
  1925 
1 life lost
  1928 
1 life lost, Cause: By machinery
  19th Apr 1929 
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of Stone
  27th Dec 1934 
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of Roof
  1936 
1 life lost, Cause: Cut
  1936 
1 life lost, Cause: Hit roof
  20th Jan 1936 
1 life lost, Cause: Struck by tubs
  11th Aug 1936 
1 life lost, Cause: Hit by prop
  21st Dec 1937 
4 lives lost, Cause: Explosion of firedamp

 


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