Yorkshire Mining Disasters
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This is the index to all mining disasters in Yorkshire.
Yorkshire
| Date
| Colliery / Pit
| Location
| Casualties
| Cause
|
| 19 February 1857
| Lundhill Pit
| Wombwell, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
| 189
| Explosion
|
| 4 July 1838
| Huskar Moorend Pit
| Silkstone, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
| 26
| Inundation
|
| 21 December 1852
| Low Elsecar
| Hemingfield, Barnsley, South Yorkshire
| 10
| Explosion due to naked light
|
| 16 June 1913
| Carr House Colliery
| Rotherham, West Riding of Yorkshire
| 8
| Flood
|
| 19 April 1797
| Rothwell
| Rothwell, Yorkshire
| 13
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| 30 June 1809
| East Ardsey
| Barnsley, Yorkshire
| 10
| Flood
|
| 24 January 1849
| Darley Main
| Barnsley, Yorkshire
| 75
| Explosion
|
| 20 December 1851
| Warren Vale Colliery
| Swinton, Yorkshire
| 52
| Explosion
|
| 13 December 1866
| Oaks
| Barnsley, Yorkshire
| 384
| Explosion
|
| 6 December 1875
| Swaithe Main
| Barnsley, Yorkshire
| 143
| Exposion
|
| 18 October 1883
| Wharncliffe Carlton
| Barnsley, Yorkshire
| 20
| Explosion
|
| 4 July 1893
| Combs Colliery
| Dewsbury, Yorkshire
| 139
| Explosion
|
| 9 July 1912
| Cadeby Main
| Doncaster, Yorkshire
| 87
| Explosion
|
| 30 May 1914
| Wharncliffe Silkstone
| Barnsley, Yorkshire
| 11
| Explosion
|
| 28 July 1923
| Maltby Colliery
| Yorkshire
| 27
| Explosion
|
| 20 November 1931
| Bentley Colliery
| Doncaster,Yorkshire
| 45
| Explosion
|
| 23 August 1935
| South Kirkby Colliery
| South Kirkby, Yorkshire
| 10
| Explosion
|
| 12 September 1935
| North Gawber (Lidgett)
| Barnsley,Yorkshire
| 19
| Explosion
|
| 6 August 1936
| Wharncliffe Woodmoore Colliery
| Barnsley, Yorkshire
| 58
| Explosion
|
| 29 July 1941
| Crigglestone Colliery
| Wakefield, Yorkshire
| 22
| Explsion
|
| 16 February 1942
| Barnsley Main
| Barnsley, Yorkshire
| 13
| Explosion
|
| 9 September 1947
| Ingham Colliery
| Dewsbury, Yorkshire
| 12
| Explosion
|
| 23 May 1821
| Norcroft Colliery
| Cawthorne, Barnsley, Yorkshire
| 10
| Winding Accident
|
| 22 November 1841
| Mount Osbourne Colliery
| Barnsley, Yorkshire
| 15
| Explosion
|
| 15 February 1860
| Higham Colliery
| Higham, Barnsley, Yorkshire
| 13
| Explosion
|
| 8 December 1862
| Edmunds Main
| Worsbrough Dale, Yorkshire
| 59
| Explosion
|
| 20 November 1874
| Warren Vale Pit
| Rawmarsh, Yorkshire
| 23
| Explosion
|
| 30 April 1896
| Peckfield Colliery
| Micklefield,, Yorkshire
| 63
| Explosion
|
| 4 March 1879
| Victoria Colliery
| Stanley, Wakefield, Yorkshire
| 21
| Explosion
|
| 9 December 1932
| Cortonwood Colliery
| Wombwell, Yorkshire
| 8
| Explosion
|
| 5 March 1847
| Ardsley Oaks Colliery
| Barnsley, Yorkshire, England
| 73
| Explosion
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