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 Fatal Accidents Fatal Accidents 

More information on some of the fatal accidents at

Whitehaven Colliery

  8th Jul 1857 
1 life lost, Cause: Fell down shaft
  1st Jul 1858 
1 life lost, Cause: Explosion
  14th Aug 1858 
3 lives lost, Cause: Explosion
  5th Jun 1874 
2 lives lost, Cause: Fall of an arch
  7th Jul 1875 
2 lives lost, Cause: Crushed by cage
  7th Oct 1879 
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of stone
  25th Apr 1882 
4 lives lost, Cause: Explosion
  25th Feb 1898 
1 life lost, Cause: Suffocation by Natural Gases
  16th Apr 1901 
4 lives lost, Cause: Shaft collapsed
  19th Mar 1903 
2 lives lost, Cause: Fall of roof
  9th Jan 1904 
1 life lost
  10th Feb 1904 
1 life lost
  4th Feb 1904 
1 life lost
  12th Dec 1905 
1 life lost
  21st Feb 1905 
1 life lost
  19th Jan 1906 
1 life lost, Cause: Hit by tubs
  23rd Jul 1906 
1 life lost, Cause: Crushed by screens
  10th Sep 1907 
1 life lost, Cause: Fall of stone

 


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